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. 
<br/><br/> 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.  
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780443069437 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Childbirth--Cross-cultural studies<br/>Childbirth--Great Britain<br/>Natural childbirth.<br/>Labor (Obstetrics)<br/>Midwifery.<br/>Parturition<br/>Midwifery.<br/>Natural childbirth.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RG652   / N78 2008