TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Louise Lewis.
TI  - Fundamentals of midwifery : a textbook for students
SN  - 978-1-118-52802-0 (pbk.) 
U1  -  618.2 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK |
PB  - John Wiley & Sons, Ltd |
KW  -  
N2  - Fundamentals of Midwifery: A Textbook for Students makes the subject of midwifery accessible, informative and motivating, ensuring that it is an essential text for the aspiring midwife!

This resource brings together knowledge from a collection of clinical experts and experienced academics to support your learning and prepare you for the challenges faced in contemporary midwifery healthcare. It presents you with the ‘must-have' information that you need concerning both the theoretical and practical aspects of what it means to be a midwife. With extensive full colour illustrations throughout, as well as activities and scenarios, this user-friendly textbook will support you throughout your entire education programme. Fundamentals of Midwifery is essential reading for all pre-registration student midwives, as well as newly qualified midwives.

Key features

Broad and comprehensive in scope, with chapters on: team working; antenatal care, intrapartum and postnatal care; infant feeding; public health and health promotion; perinatal mental health; complementary therapies; pharmacology and medicines management; and emergencies. Interactive and student-friendly in approach, with activities throughout. Brings together professional and clinical topics in one user-friendly book. Ties in with the latest NMC Standards for pre-registration midwifery education.
• Supported by an online resource centre featuring interactive multiple-choice questions, additional scenarios and activities, and links to further reading.

Companion site

www.wileyfundamentalseries.com/midwifery

Interactive multiple-choice questions Activities and further reading boxes from the book True/false questions Case studies Glossary
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