This new edition of Normal childbirth builds on the strengths of the popular first edition, with updated national and international data, and the most recent debate around the controversial area of childbirth. With the increasing risk of litigation, there can be a tendency to classify women as 'at risk' if they present with even a hint of a problem. This is a contentious area and midwives need to be aware of the wide parameters of 'normal' in order to practise autonomously, effectively and safely. This book provides an evidence-based source for all midwives and other health professionals with an interest normal birth. INDICE: Section 1: Ways of Seeing1. From being to becoming: reconstructingchildbirth knowledge2. The role of pain in normal birth and the empowerment of women3. Birth and spiritualitySection 2: Aspects of normality4. Normal birth: womens' stories5. Midwives' practices in eleven UK maternity units6. Midwives constructing 'normal birth'Section 3: Evidence7. Risk, safety and the study of physiological birth8. The early pushing urge: practice and discourse9. Foetal to neonatal transition: first, do no harm10. Promoting normal birth: weighing the evidence11. Aspects of a controversy: summary and debate
- ISBN: 978-0-443-06943-7
- Editorial: Churchill Livingstone
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 216
- Fecha Publicación: 30/05/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés