Chapter 2. Health, Wellness, Illness, Healing and Holism, and Nursing Beverley Taylor This chapter: ■ explores the concepts of health, wellness, illness, healing, holism and holistic nursing; ■ discusses ways…
Chapter 6. Multicultural Issues in Health Don Gorman and Odette Best This chapter explores: ■ the significance of the cultural issues that influence health, illness and the provision of health…
Chapter 4. Gender and Health Cath Rogers-Clark, Wendy Lee Kyle and Geoff Wilson This chapter: ■ introduces the concept of ‘gender’ as a powerful factor influencing the health status of…
Chapter 5 Admission to labour ward David T Y. Liu CHAPTER CONTENTS Admission for labour 23 Organisational requirements 24 Requirements for quality care 24 Assessment following admission 24 Presentation 24…
Chapter 16 Assisted vaginal delivery and shoulder dystocia David T Y. Liu, Mentor: George S H. Yeo CHAPTER CONTANTS Indications for instrumental assisted vaginal deliveries 127 Maternal indications 127 Fetal…
Chapter 7 Normal labour and delivery David T Y. Liu, Pamela M. Thwaites CHAPTER CONTENTS Myometrial activity: pregnancy 45 Myometrial activity: labour 46 Uterine work 46 Intrauterine pressure 46 General…
Chapter 10 Intrapartum fetal surveillance David T Y. Liu, Mentors: Rosemary Buckley, Toby Fay CHAPTER CONTENTS Physiology and pathophysiology 73 Fetal heart rate: background 74 Further points 74 Fetal heart…
Chapter 19 Malpresentation and malpositions David T Y. Liu CHAPTER CONTANTS Definitions 163 Malposition 163 Malpresentation 163 Associations 164 Labour 164 Deflexed head 164 Delivery 164 Occipitoposterior positions 164 Diameters…
Chapter 18 Emergencies in the immediate puerperium David T Y. Liu, Mentor: Charles Rodeck CHAPTER CONTANTS Postpartum haemorrhage 155 Complications 156 Diagnosis 156 Predisposing factors 156 Management 157 Bimanual compression…
