Supporting a Physiologic Approach to Pregnancy and Birth : a Practical Guide / edited by Melissa D. Avery.
"Supporting a Physiologic Approach to Pregnancy and Birth: A Practical Guide provides an overview of current evidence and a range of practical suggestions to promote physiologic birth within the United States healthcare system. Presenting the latest evidence available on practical approaches an...
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Language: | English |
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Ames, Iowa :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2013.
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Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- The case for a physiologic approach to birth : an overview
- The physiology of pregnancy, labor, and birth
- A supportive approach to prenatal care
- Physiologic support of labor and birth
- Promoting comfort a conceptual approach
- Continuous labor support
- Techniques to promote relaxation in labor
- Touch therapies
- Water immersion for labor and birth
- Aromatherapy in pregnancy and childbirth
- Acupressure and acupuncture
- Rethinking care on the hospital unit
- Out of hospital birth
- Educating health professionals for collaborative practice in support of normal birth
- Women's health and maternity care policies : currenta status and recommendations for change.