92785 Midwifery in Complex Situations

Subject level: Postgraduate

Handbook description

This subject examines the physiological and psychosocial processes that the childbearing woman and her family experience when a deviation from normal occurs during the antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum or neonatal periods. The subject explores the role of the midwife in the care of the child-bearing family to detect deviations from normal, and as a consequence, when to implement timely and appropriate interventions. This subject also explores how the midwife can organise the child-bearing experience for these women and their families.