Labor and delivery care : a practical guide /

• Main Author: Cohen, Wayne R.
• Other Authors: Friedman, Emanuel A., 1926-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Subjects: Labor (Obstetrics); Delivery (Obstetrics); Childbirth.; Labor, Obstetric.; Birth Injuries > prevention & control.; Delivery, Obstetric > methods.; Obstetric Labor Complications > prevention & control.; MEDICAL > Gynecology & Obstetrics.; Electronic books.

"Labor and Delivery: The hands-on guide provides practical and timely information to help guide the clinical care of women during pregnancy. An expert team of authors present the framework to integrate information obtained from hands-on evaluation of laboring women into logical matrix for decis...

Table of Contents:

• Cover; Contents; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Preface; How to Use This Book; Chapter 1: Communicating Effectively With Your Patient; Special aspects of parturition; Communication skills; Continuity of care; Ethics and maternal-fetal conflict; Violence; Boundaries; Does gender matter?; Goals; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Examining Your Patient; General principles; General examination; Abdominal examination; The pelvic examination; Documentation; Further Reading; Chapter 3: Normal Labor and Delivery; Terminology; Uterine contractility; Clinical course of labor; Graphic analysis of labor.