Doula Programs [Paperback]

Paulina Perez (Author), Deaun Thelen (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0964115972 | ISBN-13: 978-0964115972 | Publication Date: April 11, 1998

Doula Programs: How to Start and Run a Private or Hospital Based Program with Success! contains everything you need to know to help facilitate the kind of labor support program that results in joyous birth experiences that help maximize a child's potential for a healthy and productive life. Whether you are a hospital administrator, physician, nurse, doula, midwife, pregnant woman, or interested community member, you will find in these pages exactly what you need to know and do to help support and empower the health and creative potential of laboring women and their babies.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A one of a kind book that is a "must have" for anyone contemplating starting a doula service. One of the most complete how-to manuals I have ever read. -- Crystal Sada, C.N.A., C.D. Helping Hand Doula Service

By reading this book you will learn exactly what you need to know to make optimal labor support and gifts of health that are the result of mothering the mother a reality in your community. Few endeavors in life hold the potential to positively affect the lives of so many. -- Christiane Northrup. M.D>. author of Womens's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

The road to change in maternity care is always a thorny one, as those who have traveled it know well. Caregivers in the field will therefore welcome the practical,hands-on manual, Doula Programs, written by monitrice Paulina Perez and childbirth educator Deaun Thelen. In clear and down-to-earth language, they describe the nitty-gritty of how to start and integrate a doula program into the maternity services in a community.

Doula Programs fills an important gap in the literature. With this how-to-do-it manual, Perez and Thelen provide valuable strategies and solutions for anyone who wants to implement a doula program or, for that matter, any other new program in the hospital. As they point out in their introduction, "Change is neccessary to keep maternity care vibrant and growing. Remember that a turtle can't move if it doesn't stick its neck out." By combining advocacy and activism, this book contributes importantly to movement and progress in maternity services. -- Birth

About the Author

Paulina (Polly) Perez, R.N., B.S.N., F.A.C.C.E., C.D. is an internationally known perinatal nurse, monitrice, author and public speaker. Her other books include Special Women: The Role of the Professional Labor Assistant and The Nurturing Touch at Birth: A Labor Support Handbook.

Deaun Thelen, C.D. is a La Crosse, Wisconsin based childbirth educator, infant massage instructor and doula with a wide array of labor support experience in both private and hospital-based programs. She is also a national motivational speaker.

Product Details

• Paperback: 190 pages
• Publisher: Cutting Edge Pr (April 11, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964115972
• ISBN-13: 978-0964115972
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,439,953 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A doula necessity, August 14, 2000

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B. L. Dinger (Baltimore, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doula Programs (Paperback)

Anyone starting out as a doula needs to have this book in her library! There is easy quick-to-find information that will help keep the business aspect of doula-ing well in hand. Many training workshops help a doula understand her role at birth but not many help with the practical aspects of developing a career. Perez and Thelen fill all those blanks and answer practical questions you may not have even thought of! An EXCELLENT labor assistant's resource!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for doula businesses and hospital based programs, November 8, 2002

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Connie Banack (Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Doula Programs (Paperback)

I have used and recommended this book for years. Doula Programs is an excellent resource for doulas starting out in their own practices. But where the value lies I have found is in it's information about starting and maintaining a hospital based doula program. Any doula or hospital looking for solid business information needs this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for Doula's, January 20, 2007

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J. C. Friedel (St. George, UT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doula Programs (Paperback)

This book is strictly for doula's who are looking for a step-by-step reference for running a doula business. It's loaded with tons of helpful information to guide you through each step of establishing your own doula business. The author made sure to include all aspects of running a business and especially one centered around a pregnant mother and a mother giving birth.