Trish, So that hole in the Latrobe Valley hasn't swallowed you after all. How are you and how is your family? I'm off to Tassie next weekend for my first flying trip to the Tas Brach ACMI conference so just for the W/E not much sight seeing I don't think. Andrea Quanchi On Thursday, August 1, 2002, at 10:59 AM, Trish David wrote:
> 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. > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
