Maternal Care
Maternal Care addresses common and important problems that occur during pregnancy, labour, delivery and the puerperium. It covers:
- the antenatal and postnatal care of healthy women with normal pregnancies
- monitoring and managing the progress of labour
- specific medical problems during pregnancy, labour and the puerperium
- family planning
- regionalised perinatal care.
Skills chapters teach clinical examination in pregnancy and labour, routine screening tests, the use of an antenatal card and partogram, measuring blood pressure, detecting proteinuria and performing and repairing an episiotomy.
Maternal Care is for healthcare workers in level 1 hospitals or clinics.
- Full title: Maternal Care: A health professional’s guide to pregnancy and childbirth
- Author(s): Perinatal Education Programme
- Print ISBN: 978-1-920218-27-0
- Reflowable ebook ISBN: 978-1-920218-89-8
- PDF-ebook ISBN: 978-1-920218-45-4
Testimonials and reviews
“I thoroughly enjoyed it. We had some interesting discussions with my colleagues around some of the topics included in the book.” — Dr Thethe Kankolongo, Emmaus Hospital, KwaZulu Natal
“Identified by the National Department [of Health] as [a] key element in the improvement of health care worker practice” – Centre for Health Policy, Health Systems Programme, 2002
Recommended by the Department of Health for nurses working in women’s reproductive health — The Primary Health Care Package for South Africa, March 2000
Recommended reading for all Dip Obst(SA) students at The College of Medicine of South Africa.
About the series editor
A previous head of neonatal medicine at UCT, David Woods consulted to UNICEF and the WHO, and is developing distance-learning courses and innovative, power-free medical devices for health professionals in under-resourced countries.
Acknowledgements
Maternal Care has been edited from the Maternal Care manual of the Perinatal Education Programme. This learning programme for professionals is developed by the Perinatal Education Trust and funded by Eduhealthcare. We acknowledge all the participants of the Perinatal Education Programme who have made suggestions and offered constructive criticism over the years. It is only through constant feedback from colleagues and participants that the content of the Perinatal Education Programme courses can be improved.
- Editor of Maternal Care: Prof G Theron
- Editor-in-Chief of the Perinatal Education Programme: Prof D Woods
- Contributors to Maternal Care: Prof H van C de Groot, Dr D Greenfield, Ms H Louw, Ms M Petersen, Dr N Rhoda, Prof G Theron, Prof D Woods
Bettercare would like to acknowledge Dr Kenneth Beviss-Challinor for his contribution towards the proofreading of this book.
