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35%OFFBeverley Chalmers - Family-Centred Perinatal Care: Improving Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum Care - 9781316627952 - V9781316627952
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Family-Centred Perinatal Care: Improving Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum Care

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Description for Family-Centred Perinatal Care: Improving Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum Care paperback. This book clearly defines family-centred perinatal care and outlines how it should be implemented, with international examples. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: MJT; MQCX; MQD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781316627952
SKU
V9781316627952
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About Beverley Chalmers
Beverley Chalmers DSc (Med), PhD, is a perinatal health consultant in Kingston, Ontario.

Reviews for Family-Centred Perinatal Care: Improving Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum Care
'If you think that you are already practicing humane, evidence-based, family-centered perinatal care, please read Beverley's book. Reader-friendly and written with passion and scientific rigor, the book shows how medical practice may drift away from its mission of combining cure with tender loving care, and presents well-thought out prescriptions to set our practice on its noble course.' Mahmoud F. Fathalla, ... Read more

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