Myles' textbook for midwives V. Ruth Bennett, Linda K. Brown

includes index

The midwife; anatomy and physiology; pregnancy; normal labour; the normal puerperium; abnormalities of pregnancy, labour and the puerperium - abnormalities of early pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, disorders caused by pregnancy, disorders of the pregnancy, diseases associated with pregnancy, multiple pregnancy, structural abnormalities affecting pregnancy, prolonged pregnancy and disorders of uterine action, malproposition of hte occiput - malpresentations, obstetric emergencies, obstetric anaesthesia and operations, complications of the third stage of labour and of the puerperium; the newborn baby - the baby at birth, the normal baby, feeding, jaundice and infection, small and large babies, intensive care of the newborn, trauma and haemorrhage, metabolic disorders and congenital abnormalities; the midwife - community midwifery, special exercises for pregnancy, labour and the puerperium, specialized antenatal investigations, the use of drugs by the midwife, vital statistics, sociology related to midwifery, community health and social services, organization of health care, history of midwifery, statutory control of midwifery, counselling and the midwife, research and the midwife.