Pain Management in Childbearing: Key Issues in Management

By Margaret Yerby and Margaret Yerby Msc RN RM ADM C&G730 PGCEA

This book provides a broad review of the many aspects of pain associated with childbearing. Specialist midwifery contributors deal with a key issue in their field of expertise, enabling the reader to become more effective when working with women in childbirth. Key topics include: the physiology of pain applied to childbirth, antenatal and postnatal pain, pharmacological and non-pharmacological views on pain relief, psychology of pain relief, fetal and neonatal pain, sociological and historical views. As a resource and broad guide to the management of pain in childbearing, this book is a valuable resource for both professional and student midwives.Written by specialists in each specific fieldDetailed references provide scope for further reading
Psychology of pain relief covered specifically from the midwifery perspective

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0702022993
• ISBN13: 9780702022999
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Bailliere Tindall
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"