THIRTEENTH EDITION
Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, RNC-E, PhD, FAAN
Clinical Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Kitty Cashion, RN-BC, MSN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of
Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis,
Tennessee
Kathryn Rhodes Alden, EdD, MSN, RN
Associate Professor, Retired School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Ellen F. Olshansky, PhD, RN, WHNP-E, NC-E, FAAN
Professor Emerita, Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing and Founding Director,
Program in Nursing Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California
Shannon E. Perry, RN, PhD, ANEF, FAAN
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, San Francisco State University, San Francisco,
California
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, Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
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Copyright
About The Authors
Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk
Kitty Cashion
Kathryn Rhodes Alden
Ellen F. Olshansky
Shannon E. Perry
Contributors
List Of Reviewers
Preface
Approach
Features
Organization
Teaching/Learning Package
Acknowledgments
PART 1: Introduction to Maternity and Women’s Health Care
1. 21st-Century Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing
Advances In The Care Of Mothers And Infants