This second Core Topics volume specially refers to labour and delivery. The latest findings and the implications for modern midwifery are considered, along with earlier work. The relationship between critically renewed research studies and good practice remains.
PrefaceForeword; S.RochThe Place of Birth Reconsidered; R.CampbellMotherhood as a Rite of Passage; C.YearleyInjectable Methods of Pain Relief; C.BewleyActive Management of Labour; S.McDonaldEmergencies during Labour: Umbilical Cord Prolapse and Inversion of the Uterus; M.Wallis-RedworthDiabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy; T.M.ChestonCare during the Second Stage of Labour; R.McAndishThe Third Stage of Labour; J.Wood & J.RogersCare in Labour: a Feminist Perspective; C.Bates.
