Safer Childbirth?
Safer Childbirth?

Author: Marjorie Tew

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-11-11

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 1489929738

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Since the first edition went to press in 1989, there have been many important developments concerning different aspects of maternity care. To take account of these, much needs to be added to this history. Late 1989 saw the publication of the double volume set of studies, Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth, in which all the then existing evidence on all the associated procedures was considered and evaluated by well-informed and impartial authors representing many countries. This informative collection has since been followed by a flow of single reports of new research findings about specific subjects within the field. To incorporate the new material has involved, in particular, a consider able enlargement and rearrangement of the text and reference lists for Chapters 3 and 4, which deal with antenatal and intranatal care. Then in 1990-1 the House of Commons Health Committee, under its chairman Nicholas Winterton, undertook a further enquiry into the maternity services in Britain. A wide range of people concerned as pro viders or users of the service, as well as researchers concerned to find out how well the service was meeting needs, chose to submit testi monies, written and oral. These testimonies were all later published in six volumes which offered a most valuable depiction of the maternity service from many points of view.

Training in Diagnostic Ultrasound
Training in Diagnostic Ultrasound

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9241208759

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This report defines the essential training and skills necessary for the effective employment of diagnostic ultrasound in different health care settings. It reviews the present situation in ultrasonography and the trends in the utilization of diagnostic ultrasound in clinical practice. The report also examines worldwide practice with respect to ultrasonography training for physicians, sonographers, and other categories of medical professionals, such as midwives, nurses, and assistant physicians. It presents outlines of recommended training curricula for physicians in general, advanced, and specialized ultrasonography and discusses various other factors that must be taken into account in organizing the training process. The report describes the recommended training for allied health professionals specializing in ultrasonography and presents the basic science and instrumentation aspects of the curricula. It then discusses the level of competence that should be reached by those trained in the use of diagnostic ultrasound, as well as the recommended standards for training programs, including the requirements for instructors and training centers. Recommendations for the implementation of training programs are included. An appendix outlines the applications of diagnostic ultrasound. (Contains 36 references.) (MDM).

Community-based Maternity Care
Community-based Maternity Care

Author: Geoffrey Marsh

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 1998-10-22

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 0191574694

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This important book makes the case for placing maternity care in the community. It has been written by a multidisciplinary group. The first section considers the role and function of the participants in community-based maternity care; the woman, the midwife, and the GP. The second section discusses four major contemporary issues: the radically changing social background, the economics of care, audit, and education of the carers. Next the major clinical challenges in maternity care are tackled: how to reduce the differences in morbidity and mortality which are associated with differences in age, social class and ethnicity; the care of disadvantaged groups; prematurity and low birth weight and their prevention; technology used in childbirth; and the fetal origins of adult disease. Finally, all aspects of the clinical care carried out by Gps and midwives are covered. The editors hope that after reading this book midwives, Gps, and obstetricians should find the theory underpinning their work has been sharply defined and that their work will be more effective and evidence-based. The editors, a GP and a midwife, anticipate the resolution of the current tensions between midwife, GP, and obstetrician and look forward to a responsive, effective and sensitive service for mothers and babies in the next millennium.

The Complete MRCGP Study Guide
The Complete MRCGP Study Guide

Author: Sarah Gear

Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9781857757804

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This greatly expanded, revised and updated guide comprehensively covers every aspect of the new format membership examination of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Its new format includes current treatment issues and the latest research, and is divided into three parts covering main medical topics, non-clinical areas, and ambiguous topics and exam questions for the registrar year. Concise and easy to read, covering a wide range of skills and approaches that are used daily by general practitioners, it will serve well as a useful resource for personal and professional development. This i.

Modern Obstetrics in General Practice
Modern Obstetrics in General Practice

Author: Geoffrey Norman Marsh

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13:

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There is increasing dissatisfaction, among both specialists and patients, with hospital-based antenatal care and a recurrent finding in lay comments about obstetric care has been satisfaction with general practice and midwife involvement. General practitioners themselves are beginning to realize that the antenatal and postnatal period of a woman's life is very central to their role as family doctors. Two recent reports in the UK have concluded that specialist antenatal and postnatal care should on the whole be concentrated on high-risk patients and that the vast majority of care could and should be done by community-based primary health care teams. Thus all general practitioners need to update and reassess their antenatal, puerperial, and postnatal care. Both reports recommended greater use of existing general practice delivery facilities and that all specialist units should provide facilities for general practitioners to look after their own patients in labour. The general practitioner emphasis must be on 'normalizing' obstetrics where possible and, most importantly, responding to the women's requests and suggestions. This book will fire the enthusiasm of all GPs with an interest in obstetrics. There are contributions from many disciplines including GPs, specialists, health visitors and midwives.