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Un libro para parteras

The Spanish translation of the new edition of A book for midwives: care for pregnancy, birth, and women's health is currently in progress. This new edition has been reorganized and extensively revised to better support care during labor and management of obstetric emergencies. Chapters have been expanded and/or updated to cover lifesaving reproductive health information and to recognize the broad role of midwives in providing women's health care.

Updated information includes:

• HIV/AIDS in pregnancy and birth
• breastfeeding
• infection prevention and family planning
• pelvic exams
• IUD insertion and removal
• helping a woman when a pregnancy ends early
• manual vacuum aspiration

Heavily illustrated, clearly written and developed with the participation of community-based midwives, midwifery trainers and medical specialists around the world, it is equally useful in rural villages as it is in urban clinics. It can be used as a training manual for students or as a reference for an experienced midwife.

Related Materials

• Material from the English version of this book is now available in the Free Downloads section of this site.

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