Includes index.

Contents: Part 1: Basic concepts: Contemporary maternal-newborn care -- Reproductive anatomy and physiology -- Women's health care -- Families with special reproductive problems -- Part 2: Pregnancy: Conception and fetal development -- Physical and psychological changes of pregnancy -- Antepartal nursing assessment -- The expectant family: Needs and care -- The expectant family: Age-related considerations -- Maternal nutrition -- Preparation for parenthood -- Pregnancy at risk -- Assessment of fetal well-being -- Part 3: Birth: Processes and stages of birth -- Intrapartal nursing assessment -- The family in childbirth: Needs and care -- Maternal analgesia and anesthesia -- Intrapartal family at risk -- Obstetric procedures: The role of the nurse -- Part 4: The newborn: Physiologic responses of the newborn to birth -- Nursing assessment of the newborn -- The normal newborn: Needs and care -- Newborn nutrition -- The newborn at risk -- Part 5: Postpartum: Postpartal adaptation and nursing assessment -- The postpartal family: Needs and care -- The postpartal family at risk -- Families in crisis: Nursing care.