Proactive support of labor : the challenge of normal childbirth / Paul Reuwer, Hein Bruinse, Arie Franx.
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...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Cambridge medicine (Series).
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword to the first edition; Preface; Dedication; Web-links; 1. General introduction; Part I. A Wake-up Call: 2. Medical excess in normal childbirth 3. Avoidable causes of failed labors; 4. Harmful birth care practices; 5. Destructive territorial disputes; 6. Self-sustaining mechanisms; Part II. Back to Basics: 7. Forgotten lessons from nature; 8. Elementary biophysics of birth; 9. Definitions and verbal precision; 10. First-stage labor revisited; 11. Second-stage labor redefined; Part III. Proactive Support of Labor: 12. Leading principles; 13. Nulliparous versus parous labor; 14. Diagnosis of labor; 15. Prevention of long labor; 16. Personal attention and support; 17. Amniotomy and oxytocin; 18. Pre-labor preparation; 19. Affective dimensions of labor pain; 20. Pain relief re-examined; 21. Dynamic dystocia unraveled; 22. Obstructed labor; 23. Curtailed use of induction; 24. Safe care of the fetus; 25. Organizational reforms; 26 Implementation and ongoing audit cycle; 27. External audit of procedures and outcomes; Index.