Community Midwifery
A Practical Guide
By- Caroline Flint, SRN, SCM, ADM, Independent Midwife, Private Practice, London
- Mary Cronk, RGN, SCM, ADM, Independent Midwife, UK
This text provides midwives with special guidance to equip them for the demands of giving maternity care in the community, home births, domino deliveries & all the responsibilities that these entail. It is based on the authors' extensive experience of
community practice, & is the first to recognise their particular concerns. It offers them sensible & supportive advice & ideas, building on their professional knowledge & expertise.
Paperback, 224 Pages
Published: March 1989
Imprint: Books For Midwives
ISBN: 978-0-7506-0121-4
Contents
- Why community midwifery? Pregnancy care in the community; The community midwife working in hospital; Births at home; The relief of pain in labour; The community midwife and postnatal care; Parentcraft classes; Equipement; The community midwife and the law; Special challenges; Case loads; The teaching community midwife; Working together; Independent practice with suggested notes for the indepedent midwife; The future; Appendix; Addresses of organisations you may need to use; Index
