Ageing, Health and Illness
Chapter 5. Ageing, Health and Illness Colleen Cartwright and Victoria Parker This chapter discusses: ■ how and why ageing affects people’s lives; ■ how the majority of older people live…
NURSING
Gender and 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…
Multicultural Issues in Health
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…
Health, Wellness, Illness, Healing and Holism, and Nursing
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…
Admission to labour ward
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…
Assisted vaginal delivery and shoulder dystocia
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…
Normal labour and delivery
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…
Intrapartum fetal surveillance
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…
Malpresentation and malpositions
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…
