Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 354 g
Improving Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum Care
Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 354 g
ISBN: 978-1-316-62795-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Since childbirth became a medicalized - and usually hospitalized - event a century ago, women's and families' psychosocial needs have been relegated to a somewhat peripheral role within the clinically focussed hierarchy of medical care. This text reinstates psychosocial issues as a primary focus of care, together with clinical excellence. Family-centred care is a familiar phrase in today's maternity services, with professional guidelines and hospital policies including the term in their care protocols; however, few definitions, and no specific standards, for family-centred care exist. While all caregivers and care services are likely to define their care as sensitive to women's needs, and family-centred, the actual implementation of a family-centred approach - despite it being a current fashion in care - is still inadequate. This book clearly defines family-centred perinatal care, and outlines how truly family-centred care can, and should, be implemented, and how, and where, this has been done.
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Dedication; Table of contents; Foreword; Preface; Executive summary; An introduction to family-centred perinatal care; Part I. From Pregnancy to Parenthood: 1. Pregnancy and birth are normal, healthy processes; 2. Care of families after normal birth; 3. Care of sick or preterm newborns and their families; Part II. Practicing Family-Centred Care: 4. Clinical care: evidence-based family-centred care; 5. Psycho-socially sensitive care; 6. Including families in care; 7. Inter- and multi-professional care; 8. Culturally appropriate care; 9. Is there a 'universally ideal birth'?; Part III. Meeting Professional Standards: 10. Abuse in obstetric and gynaecological care; 11. Monitoring, evaluation and research; 12. Goals, ethics and rights in family-centred perinatal care; Part IV. An Unfinished Agenda: 13. Best practices from global settings; 14. The road ahead; Appendix: family-centred care monitoring questions; Notes; Index.
