Product Description

The Oxford Handbook of Midwifery is the first pocket-sized handbook to provide midwives with everything they need for successful practice. It contains concise, practical and expert guidance on all aspects of the midwife's role, from pre-conceptual advice to the final postnatal examination of the mother and baby. Giving a complete picture of the role of the midwife, the handbook's contents reflect the mother's journey through conception, pregnancy and birth. Helping you achieve the best possible results for your patients, the authors offer a wealth of recommendations, guidance and information from their years of experience. Whatever situation you are in, the Oxford Handbook of Midwifery will give you the information you need. The handbook covers the vast majority of scenarios you will ever encounter. The fundamentals of midwifery are divided into five main sections, covering antenatal care; normal labour and birth; complicated labour and birth; infant feeding and postnatal care. The handbook also gives information rarely covered in standard midwifery texts, including sexual health, complementary therapies, common blood values, investigations, and midwifery emergencies. Key interventions are laid out as algorithms to aid quick assimilation of the crucial facts. So you can find the information you need without delay, the book is clearly laid out with one topic per page, and written in an easily readable note-based style. Blank pages for writing notes, observations and local protocols allow your handbook to be customised to meet your specific needs. All this is available at your fingertips, in a pocket-sized handbook with hard-wearing plastic covers. Written by practising midwives and checked by subject experts, the Oxford Handbook of Midwifery is a unique and invaluable companion to practising and student midwives, lecturers, and to all those who need to understand the special issues associated with midwifery practise.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34482 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 832 pages

A reviewer on Amazon.co.uk
"Brand new 2006. The absolute must have for midwifery training. Thank goodness for this book!"

Review
This handbook in an invaluable resource for students of midwifery and for practising midwifes. It reflects the continuum of midwifery care, with information from the preconception period through to that following childbirth... This book is a good source of reference. It is attractively small and can be carried around for quick reference. (Journal of Advanced Nursing )

The absolute must have for midwifery training. Thank goodness for this book! (A reviewer on Amazon.co.uk )

This book is a pocket sized guide to midwifery practice! Thorough and covering practically every topic encountered this book is a must-have for all student midwives. Written by Midwives this book offers an in depth guide to practice from a midwifery perspective... An essential, one you will want to have your own copy of. If you buy one book, make it this one! (A reviewer on Amazon.co.uk )

The team of contributing authors has given clear guides to essential emergencies alongside evidence-based information on a number of topics. Each part is clearly indexed for quick access, useful in a clinical environment... It is a comprehensive text for reference and as a resource of core information it will be useful to student midwives ... I believe it will aid student midwives and will be recommending it as a resource tool. (S. M. Davis, Senior Lecturer )

This is a welcomed addition to the midwifery literature and a resource which is likely to become part and parcel of the midwife's "bag of tools". I commend this work to the profession and trust that it will aid midwives and other healthcare professionals in meeting the demands and challenges of health service provision in the 21st century. (From the Foreword by Professor Paul Lewis, Academic Head of Midwifery & Child Health, Bournemouth University, UK )

About the Author
Maggie Evans has 30 years experience as a midwife in various care settings and more recently as a midwifery lecturer at Sheffield University for 10 years. She is now pursuing a freelance career incorporating her interests of maternity care and complementary therapies.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Essential Book for students and midwives.
This is a brilliant book!
I am a second year midwifery student and am currently using it whilst out in practice to look up what tests the woman can be offered at various points in her pregnancy. Everything I am to be assessed on is in here from antenatal to postnatal including complications as well as the 'normal'. It even covers contraception, breastfeeding and parent education.
I have dozens of midwifery books but can honestly say that this is the best one I own. I highly recommend it to both midwives and students.

Student Midwife's Review
This book is a pocket sized guide to midwifery practice!
Thorough and covering practically every topic encountered this book is a must have for all student midwives. Written by Midwives, this book offers an in depth guide to practice from a midwifery perspective. Only published in Oct 2006, the information is based on current evidence and best practice and in line with current guidelines.
An essential, one you will want to have your own copy of. If you buy one book make it this one!

Excellent for student midwives & qualified midwives
A great book, with excellent descriptions of all things midwifery related. Covers everything from pre-contraception, antenatal, labour & delivery through to the postnatal period, including low and high risk midwifery! It is small enough to carry in your bag too! An splendid resource