Customer Reviews
Brilliant resource - By: SAH, 13 Nov 2008 
This is an invaluable resource for any midwife or student midwife to carry around to dipin to when needed. This book assumes a certain degree of knowledge about anatomy & physiology, pregnancy, & the metabolism of drugs but all medical abreviations used are laid outin a glossary of terms at the beginning.
Drugs are grouped by type & each drug is exploredin a very well laid out & logical way detailing both generic & trade names, preparations, doses, contraindications, side effects, interactions as well as an excellent midwifery-centred fetal risk & breastfeeding section for each drug.
Finally, a short & simple reminder of drug calculations as a final chapter makes this a work bag essential.
Invaluable while in practice - By: , 30 Jul 2005 This book easy to understand & well organisedin its layout, contraindications & side effects of drugs are displayed clearlyin sections on the same page. It's not too bulky to carry around if your wanting to take it to work with you. I amin my final year of training as a midwife & find it easier to use than the BNF which can be sometimes difficult to find what you want quickly. I recommend this book to bein any student, or qualified midwifes top 5 buys
Excellent, wouldn't be without it - By: , 15 May 2005 I am a student midwife & whilst on placement am constantly hearing names of drugs & often don't have the opportunity for them to be fully explined to me, & the BNF can be confusing so i wanted something I could take on placement with me & look things up in. This is perfect, small & set outin sections of different drug types, including usage, dosage, routes of admin, contraindications, side effects, effects on fetus & breastfeeding. Its easy to understand & each drug is easy to find, theres enough information to aid understanding but it doesnt go tooin depth & confuse! Definitely recommend this book, I use it all the time & would be lost without it!
