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Men and Maternityby Rosemary Mander
Routledge 2004; US$ 55.95This book argues that the beneficial contribution of men has been taken for granted. Certain changes to childbearing practice have resulted, which, together with men's involvement, have been encouraged without any reference to evidence and without more...
Breech Birth - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet Referencesby James N. Parker; Philip M. Parker
ICON Group International Inc. 2004; US$ 28.95This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to breech birth. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to breech birth. If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and... more...
Birth Crisisby Sheila Kitzinger
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 33.95One new mother in twenty is diagnosed with traumatic stress after childbirth. This book explores the anxiety experienced by these women. It also examines the suffering after childbirth, and is useful for student and practicing midwives, health professionals, and women and their families who want to learn how to overcome a traumatic birth. more...
Childbirth, Politics & the Culture of Riskby Fran Collyer; Toni Schofield
eContent Management Pty Ltd 2006; US$ 99.00Childbirth, Politics & the Culture of Risk extends the strong social science critique of the 'medicalisation' of birth - which has been further impacted by the growth of modern consumerism. It critically examines the pervasive cultural construction of reproduction as a medical event laden with risk which is in need of technological management. more...
Laboring Onby Barbara Katz Rothman
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 26.95Anyone who wants to understand why U.S. women have for so long put up with one of the worst maternity care systems in the world needs to read Laboring On. more...
Conduct Unbecoming a Womanby Regina Morantz-Sanchez
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 25.95In 1889, a Brooklyn newspaper, the "Daily Eagle", told a story of midnight hearses and botched operations performed by a scalpel-eager surgeon named Mary Dixon-Jones. The public outrage gave rise to two trials - one for manslaughter and one for libel - that became a late 19th-century sensation. more...
Evidence-Based Care for Normal Labour and Birthby Denis Walsh
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 43.95Evidence-based care is a well established principle in contemporary healthcare and a world wide health care movement. However, despite the emphasis on promoting evidence-based or effective care without the unnecessary use of technologies and drugs, intervention rates in childbirth are rising rapidly. Evidence-based Care for Normal Labour and Birth brings to light much of the evidence around what works best for normal birth which has, until now, remained largely hidden and ignored by maternity care professionals. Beginning with the decision about where to have a baby, through all the phases of labour to the immediate post-birth period, it systematically details research and other evidence sources that endorse a low intervention approach. The... more...
Creating Your Birth Planby Marsden Wagner; Stephanie Gunning
Penguin Group Inc. 2006; US$ 12.99Creating Your Birth Plan helps expectant mothers make informed decisions about the assistance they'll require for childbirth. Designed to encourage collaboration between pregnant women and their caregivers, it includes information on: - What to expect when delivering in a hospital, in a birthing center, or at home - How to select an advocate to ensure expectant mothers' wishes are honored by their caregiver - The natural stages of labor in a problem-free birth - Explanations of various medical or surgical interventions, and potential complications and benefits of each - Natural alternatives to drugs, technology, and surgery more...
Coming into the Worldby Giovanni Battista La Sala; Piergiuseppina Fagandini; Vanna Iori; Fiorella Monti; Isaac Blickstein
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2006; US$ 118.00Prominent scientists from perinatal medicine, paediatrics, psychology and sociology will meet in Modena, Italy to explore birth as a complex psychological experience for mother, father and child. The proceedings of this interdisciplinary congress are here published in English to reach the broadest possible scientific audience. The goal is to create a dialogue between humanistic and medical perspectives with regard to conception, pregnancy and birth in an era of rapid biotechnological progress, taking different social and cultural contexts into account. more...
The Day My Baby Was Bornby LaNita McMeekan-Cates
Sourcebooks, Inc. 2009; US$ 14.99The Day My Baby Was Born presents true stories from a wide variety of women about the different ways their child came into the world and the incredible bond this moment forms among all mothers. more...









