Normal childbirth : evidence and debate / edited by Soo Downe ; foreword by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd.

Other author Downe, Soo.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoEdinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2008.
Descriptionxv, 200 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents From being to becoming : reconstructing childbirth knowledges / Soo Downe and Christine McCourt -- The role of pain in normal birth and the empowerment of women / Nicky Leap and Tricia Anderson -- Birth and spirituality / Jennifer Hall -- Normal birth : women's stories / Beverley A. Lawrence Beech and Belinda Phipps -- Midwives' practices in 11 UK maternity units / Marianne Mead -- Midwives constructing "normal birth" / Susan Crabtree -- Rethinking risk and safety in maternity care / Denis Walsh, Amina M.R. El-Nemer, and Soo Downe -- The early pushing urge : practice and discourse / Soo Downe ... [et al.] -- Fetal to neonatal transition : first, do no harm / Judith Mercer, Rebecca Skovgaard and Debra Erickson-Owens -- Promoting normal birth : weighing the evidence / Denis Walshl -- Aspects of a controversy : summary and debate / Soo Downe.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008024021
ISBN9780443069437 :
ISBN0443069433

Availability

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Laupus Books - Stacks WQ 300 N842 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold