Challenges in midwifery care / edited by Ishbel Kargar and Sheila C. Hunt.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction; I.Karger & S.Hunt.- Haemoglobinapathies and Pregnancy; R.Celia.- Midwifery Care for Travellers; M.Churcher.- The Hidden Abnormality: the Birth of a Child with a Previously Undiagnosed Handicap; K.Connolly.- 'Them and Us': Poverty, Deprivation and Maternity Care; J.Davies.- Pregnancy Care and Genital Mutilation; J.Hindley & S.Montagu.- Hearing Impairment and Maternity Care; J.Kelsall.- Sexual Violence and Midwifery Practice; J.Kitzinger.- Teenagers, Pregnancy and Motherhood; P.McKeith & R.Phillipson.- Pregnancy following Assisted Conception; M.Sidebotham.- Drug Misuse and Pregnancy; C.Siney.- Multiple Sclerosis and Pregnancy; M.Taylor.- The Challenge of Managing Change; S.Hunt.

There is growing recognition in the field of midwifery that there is no single 'best' system of maternity care for all women, and that not only do individual women have specific needs, but certain groups of women have special needs. The book examines the needs of these groups while continuing to treat the women as individuals.