Hi everyone. Long time since I have been on the list, but Monash keeps one very busy. How are all the wonderful wymmin of midwifery? Here is an interesting website for those interested in history, and a short list of books I have found pretty interesting this semester. Cheers to all, Trish
http://medhist.ac.uk/ All but the Lippincott available through Harcourt Brace/Elsevier. Martin, E.J. 2002. Intrapatum Management Modules. A perinatal education program. 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott. Dunkley, J. 2000. Health Promotion in Midwifery Practice. A resource for health professionals. Edinburgh: Bailliere Tindall. Jamieson, J.R. 2001. Maintaining Health in Primary Care. Guidelines for wellness in the 21st century. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. Drew, D., Jevon, P & Raby, M. 2001. Resuscitation of the Newborn. A practical approach. Oxford: Butterworth Heinneman (Books for Midwives Press). Jevon, P & Raby, M. 2001. Resuscitation in Pregnacy. A practical approach. Oxford: Butterworth Heinneman (Books for Midwives Press). Bick, D., MacArthur, C., Knowles, H. & Winter, H. 2002. Postnatal Care. Evidence and guidelines for management. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. D'oh! haven't got the embryology text reference with me, at home on my desk getting diagrams scanned! Will post full reference next week, but the author is Moore. This embryology text is fantastic! The diagrams are clear and well notated, the text is easy to follow and the clinical issues attached to the chapters are pitched at a good level. This would be a perfect text for NNICU course. I will suggest it as a recommended text for both PG and UG mid programs but not as a prescribed text, just trying to keep students costs down. The chapter on terratogenesis is particularly interesting and relevant. I will use it a lot. Jamisons Maintaining Health in Primary Care is very useful for the UG midwifery course, and I have drawn on it heavily this semester. Its beginning chapters in particular have useful concepts such as self care and wellness which fit very well into midwifery and complement the Health Promotion text by Dunkley. These really come into their own in the UG program and will make useful references for the students over the life of their course. The two resuscitation books are good, too, though they should really be reviewed by an expert in the field for congruence with national guidelines. I will suggest the neonatal one to students of midwifery but with a caution to compare and contrast what is said with what is in the NETS (neonatal emergency transfer service) handbooks and the NHMRC (national health and medical research council) guidelines for practice. Postnatal Care by Bick et al is a lovely little book. It is the only one of its kind I have seen. It is evidence and clinically based, and pitched at the midwife, and I think it should be a prescribed text for both programs and will recommend it as such for next year. Chapters on perineal pain, urinary and bowel disturbances, depression and fatigue, backache, headache, CS, BF and endotetritis. Lovely! Another text from Lippincott which is great is Martin, E. Jean. Intrapartum Management Modules. It's American but really good, innovative. It is a sort of self-teach manual for all sorts of issues around care in labour and though its not focussed at the midwife it is pitched at a level all practitioners could understand. I'd like to be able to recommend it as a set text but we would be asking students to cough out a lot. Perhaps for a clinical masters? Happy Reading, Trish -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
