Maureen Boyle - Emergencies Around Childbirth

Emergencies Around Childbirth

Emergencies Around Childbirth

A Handbook for Midwives

Third Edition

Edited by

Maureen Boyle

University of West London
Ealing, UK

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Boyle, Maureen, editor.

Title: Emergencies around childbirth : a handbook for midwives / [edited by] Maureen Boyle.

Description: Third edition. | Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016003697 (print) | LCCN 2016003986 (ebook) | ISBN 9781785231353 (paperback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781498776356 (e-book)

Subjects: | MESH: Midwifery | Obstetric Labor Complications--therapy | Pregnancy Complications--therapy

Classification: LCC RG701 (print) | LCC RG701 (ebook) | NLM WQ 165 | DDC 618.5--dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016003697

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Contents

Kate Nash

Jenny Brewster

Luisa Acosta

Judy Bothamley

Maureen Boyle

Ona Stewart

Alison Meinel

Judith Robbins

Marie Hall

Helen Crafter

Maureen Boyle

Judy Bothamley and Maureen Boyle

Andrea Aras-Payne

Elisabeth Hallewell

Luisa Acosta

University of West London

United Kingdom

Andrea Aras-Payne

University of West London

United Kingdom

Judy Bothamley

University of West London

United Kingdom

Maureen Boyle

University of West London

United Kingdom

Jenny Brewster

University of West London

and

Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics and Newborn Life Support (Resuscitation Council)

and

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

United Kingdom

Helen Crafter

University of West London

United Kingdom

Marie Hall

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

London, United Kingdom

Elisabeth Hallewell

University of West London

and

London North West Healthcare Trust

United Kingdom

Alison Meinel

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

London, United Kingdom

Kate Nash

University of West London

and

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

United Kingdom

Judith Robbins

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

London, United Kingdom

Ona Stewart

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

and

City University

London, United Kingdom