Midwifery

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UNIT 1: MATERNAL-INFANT CARE IN THE COMMUNITY . Midwifery a Community-Based Model of Care for Childbearing Women . Clinical Epidemiology in Maternal-Child Health . UNIT 2: HEALTHY PREGNANCY . Anatomy of the Female Reproductive Tract . Menstrual Cycle and Conception . Growth and Development of the Fetus and Placenta . Maternal Anatomic and Physiologic Adaptations in Pregnancy . Diagnosis and Dating of Pregnancy . Components of Prenatal Care . Screening for Maternal Risk Factors During Pregnancy . Common Discomforts and Behavior Modifications in Pregnancy . Nutritional Needs and Counseling During Pregnancy . Psychologic, Emotional, and Social Aspects of Pregnancy . Screening for Fetal Health . Midwives As Teachers: the 5-Minute Curriculum . Perinatal Care Among Diverse Populations of Women . UNIT 3: LABOR, BIRTH AND POSTPARTUM PERIOD . Anatomic and Physiologic Aspects of Labor and Birth . Mechanisms of Labor . Maintenance of Comfort and Management of Pain . First-Stage Labor . Second-Stage Labor . Third-Stage Labor . Immediate Pospartum Period . Healthy Newborn . Fourth Trimester . UNIT 5: COLLABORATIVE CARE OF COMPLICATIONS DURING PREGNANCY . Medical Complications During Pregnancy . Obstetric Complications in the Prenatal Period . Complications of Labor and Delivery . Complications of the Postpartum Period . UNIT 5: MAINTAINING QUALITY MATERNAL-INFANT HEALTH CARE . Ethical Aspects of Care . Continuous Quality Improvement in Maternal-Infant Care . Maintaining Midwifery in a Rapidly Changing Health Care Environment . Appendix A: Repairing Lacerations and Episiotimies2001. 550 pp., 185 illus.