Proactive support of labor : the challenge of normal childbirth / Paul Reuwer, Hein Bruinse, Arie Franx.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reuwer, Paul, author.

Bruinse, Hein, author.

Franx, Arie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Childbirth.

Obstetrics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Proactive Support of Labor enhances professional labor and delivery skills by providing the expertise for preventing prolonged labor which is the root-cause of women's dissatisfaction with the experience of childbirth. Step-by-step, evidence-based guidance on good practice during labor is given, including fetal and maternal monitoring, pain relief, and the prevention and timely correction of everyday labor disorders. It leaves no aspect of childbirth practice untouched. Included are guidance on adequate pre-labor education, psychological support, and well-defined birth-planning - including strict diagnoses and timely corrective measures in abnormal labor, and constant audit of all procedures. The birth-plan promotes team spirit between obstetricians, midwives and nurses, good communication, and sound organization. Proactive Support of Labor strikes a new balance between natural birth and intervention and invariably enhances women's satisfaction with the childbirth experience. The book will be essential reading for obstetricians, midwives, labor room nurses, and maternal-fetal medicine specialists and trainees. For more information, reviews and forums visit the publication's website at www.proactivesupportoflabor.com.

Contents:

General introduction

Medical excess in normal childbirth

Iatrogenic causes of failed labors

Harmful birth care practices

Destructive territorial disputes

Self-sustaining mechanisms

Lessons from nature

Elementary biophysics of birth

First-stage labor revisited

Second-stage labor redefined

Definitions and verbal precision

Introductory synopsis

Nulliparous versus parous labor

Diagnosis of labor

Prevention of long labor

Personal continuity and continuous support

Amniotomy and oxytocin

Labor pain in broader perspective

Prelabor preparation

Medical pain relief revisited

Dynamic dystocia unraveled

Mechanical birth obstruction

Curtailed use of induction

Intrapartum care of the fetus

Prevention of litigation

Organizational reforms

Continual audit and feedback

Quality assessment

Hospital statistics

Sum of the parts.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-73785-8

1-107-19330-3

1-282-05841-X

9786612058417

0-511-50763-1

0-511-50829-8

0-511-50455-1

0-511-50895-6

0-511-57582-3

0-511-50669-4

OCLC:

437109996