Maternity and women's health care / Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Shannon E. Perry, Kitty Cashion ; [edited by] Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Shannon E. Perry, Kitty Cashion.

Previously published as 11th ed., in 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index

21st Century maternity and women's health nursing -- Community care: the family and culture -- Nursing and genomics -- Assessment and health promotion -- Violence against women -- Reproductive system concerns -- Sexually transmitted and other infections -- Contraception and abortion -- Infertility -- Problems of the breast -- Structural disorders and neoplasms of the reproductive system -- Conception and fetal development -- Anatomy and physiology of pregnancy -- Nursing care of the family during pregnancy -- Maternal and fetal nutrition -- Labor and birth processes -- Maximizing comfort for the laboring woman -- Fetal assessment during labor -- Nursing care of the family during labor and birth -- Postpartum physiologic changes -- Nursing care of the family during the postpartum period -- Transition to parenthood -- Physiologic and behavioral adaptations of the newborn -- Nursing care of the newborn and family -- Newborn nutrition and feeding -- Assessment of high risk pregnancy -- Hypertensive disorders -- Hemorrhagic disorders -- Endocrine and metabolic disorders -- Medical-surgical disorders -- Mental health disorders and substance abuse -- Labor and birth complications -- Postpartum complications -- Nursing care of the high risk newborn -- Acquired problems of the newborn -- Hemolytic disorders and congenital anomalies -- Perinatal loss, bereavement, and grief