Why Mothers Died and How their Lives are Saved The Story of Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths
Book contents
- Why Mothers Died and How Their Lives Are Saved
- Why Mothers Died and How Their Lives Are Saved
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 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
- 11 Maternal Death due to Anaesthesia
- 12 Psychiatric Illness
- 13 THE MOTHERS WHO DIED: SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF MATERNAL HEALTH
- 14 THE LEGACY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: THE CONCEPT OF ‘NEAR MISS’ AND THE NEED TO KEEP SAVING LIVES
- 15 International Maternal Health: Global Action
- 16 International Action: Personal Views
- Figure Permissions
- Further Reading
- Index
Foreword
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2023
Book contents
- Why Mothers Died and How Their Lives Are Saved
- Why Mothers Died and How Their Lives Are Saved
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 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
- 11 Maternal Death due to Anaesthesia
- 12 Psychiatric Illness
- 13 THE MOTHERS WHO DIED: SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF MATERNAL HEALTH
- 14 THE LEGACY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: THE CONCEPT OF ‘NEAR MISS’ AND THE NEED TO KEEP SAVING LIVES
- 15 International Maternal Health: Global Action
- 16 International Action: Personal Views
- Figure Permissions
- Further Reading
- Index
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- Why Mothers Died and How their Lives are SavedThe Story of Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths, pp. ix - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023