Since childbirth became a medicalized - and usually hospitalized - event a century ago, women''s and families'' psychosocial needs have been relegated to a somewhat peripheral role within the clinically focussed hierarchy of medical care. This text reinstates psychosocial issues as a primary focus of care, together with clinical excellence.
Family-centred care is a familiar phrase in today''s maternity services, with professional guidelines and hospital policies including the term in their care protocols; however, few definitions, and no specific standards, for family-centred care exist. While all caregivers and care services are likely to define their care as sensitive to women''s needs, and family-centred, the actual implementation of a family-centred approach - despite it being a current fashion in care - is still inadequate.
This book clearly defines family-centred perinatal care, and outlines how truly family-centred care can, and should, be implemented, and how, and where, this has been done.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
236 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Cambridge University Press |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2017-04-03 |
| ISBN |
9781316627952 |
