Normal childbirth : evidence and debate /
Normal childbirth : evidence and debate /
edited by Soo Downe ; foreword by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd.
- 2nd ed.
- Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2008.
- xv, 200 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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 / Beverly A. Lawrence Beech and Belinda Phipps - - Midwive's 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
9780443069437
Childbirth--Cross-cultural studies
Childbirth--Great Britain
Natural childbirth.
Labor (Obstetrics)
Midwifery.
Parturition
Midwifery.
Natural childbirth.
RG652 / N78 2008
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 / Beverly A. Lawrence Beech and Belinda Phipps - - Midwive's 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
9780443069437
Childbirth--Cross-cultural studies
Childbirth--Great Britain
Natural childbirth.
Labor (Obstetrics)
Midwifery.
Parturition
Midwifery.
Natural childbirth.
RG652 / N78 2008