McMaster Univ., Canada. Based on systematic reviews of the research literature, this text summarizes evidence available on the effects of care practices carried out during pregnancy, childbirth, and after the baby is born. Second edition was the winner of the 1995 British Medical Association Book Competition in the category of Primary Health Care. Softcover. DNLM: Primary Care
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The book's strengths are its scientific rigour, its readability and its immediate applicability to daily practice in maternity care. It draws together, in an accessible format, the enormous amount of information available in the medical literature and in the Cochrane library... It is highly recommended for medical and midwifery practitioners, both trainees and those more experienced. eMJA
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Murray Enkin is at McMaster University. Marc Keirse is at The Flinders University.
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A "must have" for obstetrical practitioners.,
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This book is an absolute "must have" for obstetrical practitioners and expectant parents who are looking for a way back into normal childbirth. Medicalized obstetrics has taught their students and society that "techno-birth" is not only logical but safe. This book proves that the way we have been delivering babies for the past 40 years is not the safest most competent care we can give. Hopefully, after reading this book, the practitioner will come away with a renewed sense of purpose in providing safe, logical, evidence-based care, and the expectant parent will take a firmer stand against allowing unneccessary and hazardous "routine" birth interventions. We are all the better for this book and the many years of sound, documented research it provides us. The next generation of babies will thank us!
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An important reference work for anyone involved with birth.,
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This book is an invaluable reference tool for anyone involved in childbirth, including educators, doulas, midwives, nurses and doctors. It provides reviews of the current literature regarding just about any procedure of standard care that a pregnant woman is likely to encounter in the American medical system. This book provides important information, especially for anyone who is trying to convince an OB that "standard procedures" (like limiting food for a laboring woman) may not be supported by research
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This is essential reading for anyone seeking evidence based information about childbirth. The book is full of research every birthing woman should know!
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Women who receive care, professionals who provide care, and those who pay for care, all want that care to be effective. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
suspected impaired fetal growth, preterm prelabor rupture, prenatal corticosteroid administration, planned vaginal birth, betamimetic agents, following spontaneous miscarriage, oral betamimetics, prepregnancy advice, active preterm labor, inadequate quality data, one previous cesarean section, expectant care, betamimetic drugs, prophylactic oxytocics, labor inhibition, hospitalization during pregnancy, abdominal decompression, maternal oxygen administration, oral proteolytic enzymes, early amniotomy, pulsed electromagnetic energy, lower segment cesarean section, prenatal corticosteroids, studies using historical controls, versus oxytocin Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sources Effective, United States, Cochrane Library Alfirevic, North America, Cochrane Library Carroli New!
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Women who receive care, professionals who provide care, and those who pay for care, all want that care to be effective. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
suspected impaired fetal growth, preterm prelabor rupture, prenatal corticosteroid administration, planned vaginal birth, betamimetic agents, following spontaneous miscarriage, oral betamimetics, prepregnancy advice, active preterm labor, inadequate quality data, one previous cesarean section, expectant care, betamimetic drugs, prophylactic oxytocics, labor inhibition, hospitalization during pregnancy, abdominal decompression, maternal oxygen administration, oral proteolytic enzymes, early amniotomy, pulsed electromagnetic energy, lower segment cesarean section, prenatal corticosteroids, studies using historical controls, versus oxytocin Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sources Effective, United States, Cochrane Library Alfirevic, North America, Cochrane Library Carroli New!
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- The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia by Penny Simkin on 10 pages
- Mothering Magazine's Having a Baby, Naturally: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth by Peggy O'Mara on 10 pages
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