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Authors: Celeste R. Phillips
ISBN-13: 9780763723606, ISBN-10: 0763723606
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Jones & Barlett Learning
Date Published: March 2003
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Celeste R. Phillips

Book Synopsis

Describing an approach to providing care for women and their families that integrates pregnancy, birth, and infant care into the continuum of the family life cycle, this text for physicians and nurses offers strategies and methods for bringing this philosophy into maternity service operations in hospitals. It provides examples for developing family-centered maternity care programs, policies and procedures for implementation, sample forms, and assessment criteria. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Ch. 1	Family-Centered Maternity Care	1
Ch. 2	Family-Centered Antepartum Care	19
Ch. 3	Family-Centered Intrapartum Care	53
Ch. 4	Family-Centered Care for Pregnancy, Labor, Birth, and Babies at Risk	75
Ch. 5	Family-Centered Mother-Baby Care	101
Ch. 6	Marketing Family-Centered Maternity Care	145
	Epilogue: Family-Centered Hospital Care: The Core Concepts	161
App. A	Internet Resources for Developing Evidence-Based Practices	165
App. B	Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth: A Synopsis	167
App. C	Standards of Family-Centered Maternity Care	179
App. D	An Overview of the Family-Centered Maternity Nursing Screening Tool	183
App. E	The Centering Pregnancy Program: A Model for Group Prenatal Care	185
App. F	Urban Midwife Associates: The UMA Foundation	187
App. G	Resources for Information on Family-Centered Maternity Care	189
App. H	Assessment Criteria for a Family Beginnings Maternity Program	193
App. I	Competency-Based Skills Checklist for Mother-Baby Nursing	215
App. J	Sample Policies, Procedures, and Patient Handouts for Family-Centered Maternity Care	239
	Index	267