Since childbirth became a medicalized - and usually hospitalized - event a century ago, womens 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 todays 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 womens 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.
Dedication; Table of contents; Foreword; Preface; Executive summary; An introduction to family-centred perinatal care; Part I. From Pregnancy to Parenthood:: 1. Pregnancy and birth are normal, healthy processes; 2. Care of families after normal birth; 3. Care of sick or preterm newborns and their families; Part II. Practicing Family-Centred Care:: 4. Clinical care:: evidence-based family-centred care; 5. Psycho-socially sensitive care; 6. Including families in care; 7. Inter- and multi-professional care; 8. Culturally appropriate care; 9. Is there a universally ideal birth?; Part III. Meeting Professional Standards:: 10. Abuse in obstetric and gynaecological care; 11. Monitoring, evaluation and research; 12. Goals, ethics and rights in family-centred perinatal care; Part IV. An Unfinished Agenda:: 13. Best practices from global settings; 14. The road ahead; Appendix:: family-centred care monitoring questions; Notes; Index.
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