Birth models that work

Summary: This groundbreaking book takes us around the world in search of birth models that work in order to improve the standard of care for mothers and families everywhere. The contributors describe examples of maternity services from both developing countries and wealthy industrialized societies that apply the latest scientific evidence to support and facilitate normal physiological birth; deal appropriately with complications; and generate excellent birth outcomes--including psychological satisfaction for the mother. The book concludes with a description of the ideology that underlies all these working models--known internationally as the midwifery model of care.--publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 0520258916
ISBN: 9780520258914
ISBN: 0520248635
ISBN: 9780520248632
ISBN: 0520943333 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780520943339 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 484 p.) : ill.
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Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:february.14 Multi-User. CatMonthString:jun.14 Terms of use - Multi-user.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The northern New Mexico midwifery center model, Taos, New Mexico / Elizabeth Gilmore -- Teamwork : an obstetrician, a midwife, and a doula in Brazil / Ricardo Herbert Jones -- The CASA Hospital and professional midwifery school : an education and practice model that works / Lisa Mills and Robbie Davis-Floyd -- Mercy in action : bringing mother- and baby-friendly birth centers to the Philippines / Vicki Penwell -- Circles of community : the CenteringPregnancy Group prenatal care model / Sharon Schindler Rising and Rima Jolivet -- Humanizing childbirth to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality : a national effort in Brazil / Daphne Rattner ... [et al.] -- "Orchestrating normal" : the conduct of midwifery in the United States / Holly Powell Kennedy.
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.