- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (216 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Summary
- The right for every woman to have a 'natural' birth has been recognized for many years, yet surgical interventions continue to rise and, paradoxically, complaints and the degree of litigation for disappointing labor outcomes escalate. Proactive Support of Labor enhances professional skills by providing the expertise for preventing long labors - the root-cause of traumatic birth experiences and the cesarean pandemic. Step-by-step, evidence-based guidance on expert care and support during labor is given. Emphasis is placed on pre-labor education, personal attention, and well-defined birth planning – including strict diagnoses and timely corrective measures in abnormal labor – and constant audit of all procedures and outcomes. Striking a new balance between natural birth and intervention, and invariably enhancing women's satisfaction with the childbirth experience, the fully updated revision of this groundbreaking work will be essential reading for obstetricians, midwives, nurses, and trainees. For peer and reader reviews of the first edition see: www.proactivesupportoflabor.com.
- Subject
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Dec 2015).
- OCLC
- CR9781139860550
- Author
Reuwer, Paul, author.
- Title
Proactive Support of Labor : The Challenge of Normal Childbirth / Paul Reuwer, Hein Bruinse, Arie Franx.
- Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Edition
2nd ed.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Bruinse, Hein, author.
Franx, Arie, author.
- Other Form:
Print version: 9781107426580