James Owen Drife (University of Leeds), Gwyneth Lewis (University College London), James P Neilson (University of Liverpool)

Why Mothers Died and How their Lives are Saved

The Story of Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores how the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths reduced the maternal mortality rate and improved safety in pregnancy in Britain. Chapters cover how leading causes of maternal death were identified and resolved, from sepsis to safe abortions and more recently, social and ethnic disparities in healthcare.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 560g
• ISBN-13: 9781009218832
• ISBN-10: 1009218832
• Artikelnr.: 65545165

Autorenporträt

James Owen Drife is Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Leeds and was the Medical Director of the CEMD. He has been vice-president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and was an elected member of the General Medical Council.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Historical background
2. The first steps: 1900-1939
3. How the confidential enquiries evolved
4. The missing chapter? Prolonged labour and obstetric trauma
5. How the change began: the story of sepsis
6. Haemorrhage then and now
7. Hypertension: enquiries, trials and recommendations
8. The story of abortion
9. Challenging tradition: the story of embolism
10. Pregnancy and illness: indirect deaths
11. Maternal death due to anaesthesia
12. Psychiatric illness
13. The mothers who died: the social deteminants of maternal deaths
14. The legacy in the UK: the concept of 'near miss' and the need to keep saving lives
15. International maternal health: global action
16. International action: personal views.