Midwifery essentials. Volume 2, Antenatal /

Baston, Helen, 1962-

Midwifery essentials. Volume 2, Antenatal / Helen Baston, Jennifer Hall ; foreword by Dierdre Daly. - Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2009. - x, 155 p. : ill., ; 19 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Models of antenatal care: the options available - The booking history - Health in pregnancy - Monitoring maternal physical wellbeing - Monitoring women's emotional wellbeing in the antenatal period - Blood tests in pregnancy - Antenatal screening for fetal abnormality - Monitoring fetal wellbeing during routine antenatal care - Antenatal care: preparing for the birth.

This book looks at the provision of safe and effective antenatal care, exploring the role of the midwife in the context of professional and national guidance. It prepares the reader to provide safe, evidence-based, woman-centred maternity care.

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