A guide for parents and health professionals
Understanding Pre-eclampsia, co-written by a medical specialist, a midwife and a writer who lost her first baby because of pre-eclampsia, offers unique insights into this condition for the benefit of parents and health professionals.
About the book
In 1992 APEC founders Professor Chris Redman and Isabel Walker co-wrote the ground-breaking book Pre-eclampsia: The Facts. Published by Oxford University Press just months before the charity was launched, this book, thought to be the first on pre-eclampsia in the English language, became an important resource for parents seeking to understand what had happened to them and health professionals needing to learn how to detect, diagnose and manage the condition. Now, 25 years later, Redman and Walker have published a new 2017 book Understanding pre-eclampsia as a follow-up, this time adding a global perspective by collaborating with academic midwife Joyce Cowan, who was co-founder of New Zealand APEC.
APEC currently have a small number of signed copies of Chris Redman’s book, if you would like a signed copy, please less us know by email before you order.
“An easy read with good, accessible up-to-date information specifically aimed at women and families but also a great resource for midwives and other health professionals.”
Cheryl Benn, Midwifery Advisor to Mid Central Health, New Zealand
Everything you need to know about pre-eclampsia
Understanding Pre-eclampsia covers everything parents and midwives need to know about pre-eclampsia, from causes to long term consequences, from risk assessment, through diagnosis to treatment, and from physical effects on mothers and babies to the often profound emotional fallout.
Running through this comprehensive book like a vibrant thread are first-person accounts from hundreds of women who responded to an international online survey. Their often heart-rending testimonies bear witness to the suffering pre-eclampsia continues to cause to women and families.
With their combined experience in in patient advocacy, clinical research and practice and midwifery expertise, the three authors offer a unique perspective on pre-eclampsia and have achieved the difficult task of making current knowledge about pre-eclampsia accessible to parents and professionals alike.
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APEC are proud to be stockists and the book is currently on SALE priced at £7.50 + £3.50 p&p. You can purchase your copy now via the PayPal button. Please note we are only able to send to UK and EIRE but please contact us for additional delivery information if you live somewhere else.