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9780443069437

Normal Childbirth: Evidence and Debate

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  • ISBN13:

    9780443069437

  • ISBN10:

    0443069433

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-05-01
  • Publisher: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE

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Summary

This new edition 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. Explores the wider range of normal childbirth that is unique to individual mothers and babies Challenges the assumptions underpinning current beliefs and attitudes Updated statistics, both national and international Latest research and debate

Table of Contents

Ways of Seeing
From being to becoming: reconstructing childbirth knowledge
The role of pain in normal birth and the empowerment of women
Birth and spirituality
Aspects of normality
Normal birth: womens' stories
Midwives' practices in eleven UK maternity units
Midwives constructing 'normal birth'
Evidence
Risk, safety and the study of physiological birth
The early pushing urge: practice and discourse
Foetal to neonatal transition: first, do no harm
Promoting normal birth: weighing the evidence
Aspects of a controversy: summary and debate
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