FAMILY-CENTRED PERINATAL CARE - IMPROVING PREGNANCY, BIRTH IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days 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 needs, and family-centred, the actual implementation of a family-centred approach - despite it being a current fashion in care - is still inadequate. This book clearly defines family-centred perinatal care, and outlines how truly family-centred care can, and should, be implemented, and how, and where, this has been done. Features Summary This book clearly defines family-centred perinatal care and outlines how it should be implemented, with international examples. Author Beverley Chalmers Publisher Cambridge UniversityPress Release date 20170406 Pages 238 ISBN 1-316-62795-0 ISBN 13 978-1-316-62795-2