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Edited By
Stella McKay-Moffat, BA(Hons), MPhil, FPCert, CertEd, RN, RM, ADM, Senior Lecturer, Midwifery and Women s Health, Faculty of Health, Edge Hill College, Liverpool, UK
Description
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. A first in Midwifery publishing! No
other book advises midwives on the special needs of mothers with disabilities. Although an increasing number of women with disabilities
are having children, the needs of this minority group are not always being effectively met. Disability in Pregnancy and Childbirth provides
essential practical information to healthcare professionals working with this group.
Contents
1 Social construction of disability and motherhood
2 Women?s health and disability
3 Maternity services and women?s experiences
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The role of the midwife in maternity service provision
5 Women with intellectual disabilities
6 Midwives skills, knowledge and
attitudes: how they can affect maternity services
7 Sensory impairment
8 The interaction between specific conditions and the childbirth
continuum
9 Resources
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Paperback, 240 pages, publication date: OCT-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-10318-6
ISBN-10: 0-443-10318-6
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 6 Nov 2009
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