Myles textbook for midwives

Summary: The most popular midwifery textbook in the world! The sixteenth edition of this seminal textbook, Myles Textbook for midwives, has been extensively revised and restructured to ensure that it reflects current midwifery practice, with an increased focus on topics that are fundamental to midwifery practice today.

Record details

ISBN: 9780702051456 (paperback)
ISBN: 0702051454 (paperback)
Physical Description: print
xvii, 780 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Edition: Sixteenth edition /
Publisher: Oxford : Churchill Livingstone, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:

New July 2015.

Formatted Contents Note:

SECTION 1 midwife in context -- 1. midwife in contemporary midwifery practice -- 2. Professional issues concerning the midwife and midwifery practice -- SECTION 2 Human anatomy and reproduction -- 3. female pelvis and the reproductive organs -- 4. female urinary tract -- 5. Hormonal cycles: fertilization and early development -- 6. placenta -- 7. fetus -- SECTION 3 Pregnancy -- 8. Antenatal education for birth and parenting -- 9. Change and adaptation in pregnancy -- 10. Antenatal care -- 11. Antenatal screening of the mother and fetus -- 12. Common problems associated with early and advanced pregnancy -- 13. Medical conditions of significance to midwifery practice -- 14. Multiple pregnancy -- SECTION 4 Labour -- 15. Care of the perineum, repair and female genital mutilation -- 16. Physiology and care during the first stage of labour -- 17. Physiology and care during the transition and second stage phases of labour -- 18. Physiology and care during the third stage of labour -- 19. Prolonged pregnancy and disorders of uterine action -- 20. Malpositions of the occiput and malpresentations -- 21. Operative births -- 22. Midwifery and obstetric emergencies -- SECTION 5 Puerperium -- 23. Physiology and care during the puerperium -- 24. Physical health problems and complications in the puerperium -- 25. Perinatal mental health -- 26. Bereavement and loss in maternity care -- 27. Contraception and sexual health in a global society -- SECTION 6 neonate -- 28. Recognizing the healthy baby at term through examination of the newborn screening -- 29. Resuscitation of the healthy baby at birth: the importance of drying, airway management and establishment of breathing -- 30. healthy low birth weight baby -- 31. Trauma during birth, haemorrhages and convulsions -- 32. Congenital malformations -- 33. Significant problems in the newborn baby -- 34. Infant feeding -- Glossary of terms and acronyms -- Index.