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COMMUNITY MIDWIFERY
Community Midwifery
A Practical Guide
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By
Caroline Flint, SRN, SCM, ADM, Independent Midwife, Private Practice, London
Mary Cronk, RGN, SCM, ADM, Independent Midwife, UK

Description
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.


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

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 224 pages, publication date: MAR-1989
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-0121-4
ISBN-10: 0-7506-0121-3
Imprint: BOOKS FOR MIDWIVES


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