Labour Ward Manual
| By: | D T Y Liu; D V I Fairweather |
| Publisher: | Elsevier S & T |
| Print ISBN: | 9780750610964 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781483141244 |
| Edition: | 2 |
| Copyright: | 1991 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Labour Ward Manual, Second Edition provides guidelines for the application of obstetric knowledge to the labor ward environment.
The practice of obstetrics is still an art and as such encompasses alternative approaches to achieve the same welcome end, the safety and wellbeing of both mother and child throughout labor and after delivery. The steps suggested for patient management and presentation concentrate on safety and simplicity. Throughout this book, it is stressed that the laboring woman and the fetus are the most important persons in the labor ward.
This book clearly documents the emphasis on the atmosphere of ready redress by litigation; approach to women with individual needs; special care in the sensitive issue of induction; fetal monitoring; fluid replacement together with a clear protocol for management of fetal and maternal mishaps; and problems and hazards of women in the labor ward of hepatitis B or human immunodeficiency virus (AIDS) infection.
This edition provides a clear concise guidance for all those involved in child birth.