Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth

Part 1 Care during labour: the biology of childbirth, Cornelius Naaktgeboren; social and professional support during childbirth, Marc Keirse et al; hospital policies for labour and delivery, Iain Chalmers et al; hospital admission practices for women in labour, Sally Garforth and Jo Garcia; nutrition and hydration during labour, Claire Johnson et al; monitoring the progress of labour, Caroline Crowther et al; monitoring the fetus during labour, Adrian Grant; maternal position during the first stage of labour, Joyce Roberts; non-pharmacological methods of pain relief during labour, Penny Simkin; pharmacological control of pain in labour, Kay Dickersin; augmentation of labour, Marc Keirse. Part 2 Initiating labour: the development of methods for inducing labour, Michel Thiery et al; evaluating elective delivery, Iain Chalmers and Marc Keirse; preparing the cervix for induction of labour, Marc Keirse and Carla Van Oppen; methods of inducing labour, Marc Keirse and Iain Chalmers; comparison of prostaglandins and oxytocin for inducing labour, Marc Keirse and Carla Van Oppen; prelabour rupture of the membranes at term, John Grant and Marc Keirse; induction of labour after fetal death, Marc Keirse and Humphrey Kanhai. Part 3 Care during the second stage of labour, Jennifer Sleep et al; care during the third stage of labour, Walter Prendiville and Diana Elbourne; repair of perineal trauma after childbirth, Adrian Grant; variations in operative delivery rates, Jonathan Lomas and Murray Enkin; labour and delivery after previous caesarean section, Murray Enkin; instrumental vaginal delivery, Aldo Vacca and Marc Keirse; technique of caesarean section, Murray Enkin; prophylactic antibiotics in association with caesarean section, Murray Enkin et al; preterm delivery, Marc Keirse; immediate care of the newborn infant, Jon Tyson et al; effects of intrapartum care on the risk of impairments in childhood, Robert Bryce et al; restriction of early mother-infant contact in the immediate post-natal period, Molly Thomson and Ruta Westreich. Part 4 Care of the mother and newborn infant: care of the new mother and baby, Janet Rush et al; relief of perineal pain and discomfort after childbirth, Adrian Grant and Jennifer Sleep; establishing and maintaining breastfeeding, Sally Inch and Sally Garforth; common breasfeeding problems, Sally Inch and Mary Renfrew; relief of breast symptoms in women who are not breastfeeding, Fabio Parazzini et al; clinical examination of the newborn, Howard Berger; biochemical screening for disease in the newborn, Michael Daker and Martin Bobrow; care of the bereaved after perinatal death, Gillian Forrest; unhappiness after childbirth, Patrizia Romito.