New title in the popular Midwifery Essentials series originally published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife journal. The series covers core topics in midwifery education in an engaging and friendly format using a helpful 'jigsaw' approach which encourages readers to explore topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. effective communication, team working and health promotion. Helpful 'scenarios' throughout each volume encourage debate and reflection, core elements of midwifery education.

Provides a useful, friendly source of information
Strong focus on contemporary women-centred care
Designed to stimulate debate and reflection upon current practice, local policies and procedures
Scenarios enable practitioners to understand the context of maternity care and explore their role in safe and effective service provision
Helpful 'jigsaw' approach enables readers to explore specific topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. consent, safety and health promotion
Explains the professional and legal issues surrounding clinical procedures
Chapters designed to be read as a 'standalone' or in succession
Emphasises the crucial role of effective communication

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Yes, you can access Midwifery Essentials: Infant feeding by Joyce Marshall, Helen Baston, Jennifer Hall in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Nursing. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

Elsevier

Year

2017

ISBN

9780702071461

Topic

Medicine

Subtopic

Nursing

Cover image
Title Page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 Relationship building between mother and baby
3 Anatomy and physiology
4 Skin-to-skin contact after birth
5 Skills to support infant feeding
6 The social context of infant feeding
7 Birthing practices and breastfeeding
8 Managing baby-related feeding challenges
9 Formula feeding
10 Managing common maternal-related breastfeeding challenges
11 Breastfeeding premature babies
12 Breastfeeding mothers, their family, community and the wider societal context
Index