From Publishers Weekly
Armstrong and Feldman, "impassioned, persuasive advocates of the homelike birth center," suggest that although the high-tech, stressful hospital setting is necessary in some complicated deliveries, it interferes with the normal birth process. "Their thoughtful and well-written book should be read by any and all prospective parents," said PW.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Technology (drugs, surgery) has estranged women from their bodies and the experience of natural childbirth, say the authors of this book. Women have been increasingly denied ownership of the birth process, giving it over to traditionally trained medical professionals (predominantly males). Armstrong, a midwife, and Feldman, a medical writer, discuss how this has come to pass, what the consequences have been, and how things are changing. Although the authors are sometimes overzealous in stating their case, for the most part they provide a fair and balanced treatment of the subject. This is a valuable book for anyone interested in alternative approaches to modern birthing practices. Another book with the same message is Marion McCartney and Antonia Van Der Meer's The Midwife's Pregnancy and Childbirth Book: Having Your Baby Your Way (LJ 4/15/90); smaller libraries that already have that book probably won't need this one.
- Kathleen L. Atwood, Pomfret Sch. Lib., Ct.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Kathleen L. Atwood, Pomfret Sch. Lib., Ct.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
