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    Optimal care in childbirth : the case for a physiologic approach / Henci Goer and Amy Romano, MSN, CNM.

    • Title:Optimal care in childbirth : the case for a physiologic approach / Henci Goer and Amy Romano, MSN, CNM.
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    • Author/Creator:Goer, Henci, author.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Romano, Amy (Amy M.), author.
    • Published/Created:Seattle, Washington : Classic Day Publishing, [2012]
      ©2012
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Prenatal care.
      Childbirth.
      Obstetrics.
      Maternal health services.
    • Medical Subjects: Prenatal Care
      Obstetrics
    • Description:xiv, 583 pages ; 23 cm
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781598491326 (pbk.)
      1598491326 (pbk.)
    • Contents:Section I: Introduction
      Chapter 1: Why This Book?
      Chapter 2: Why This Book?
      Chapter 3: About This Book: The Nuts and Bolts
      Section II The Cesarean Epidemic
      Chapter 4: The Chase to the Cut
      Chapter 5: The Case Against Liberal Use of Cesarean Surgery
      Chapter 6: The Case Against Elective Repeat Cesarean
      Section III: Optimal Care for Initiating Labor
      Chaper 7: Inducing Labor: Patience Is a Virtue
      Section IV: Optimal Care for Promoting Labor Progress
      Chapter 8: Promoting Progress in First-Stage Labor: Yes We Can
      Chapter 9: Augmentation: Forced Labor
      Section V: Optimal Care for Guarding Safety and Wellbeing in Labor
      Chapter 10: Electronic Fetal Monitoring (Cardiotocography): Minding the Baby
      Chapter 11: Routine IVs Versus Oral Intake in Labor
      Chapter 12: Epidurals and Combined Spinal-Epidurals
      Section VI: Optimal Care for Birthing the Baby
      Chapter 13: Second-Stage Labor: Lead, Follow, or Get out of the Way?
      Chapter 14: Instrumental Vaginal Delivery and Fundal Pressure
      Section VII: Optimal Care for After the Birth
      Chapter 15: Episiotomy: The Unkindest Cut
      Chapter 16: Third-Stage Labor Active Management: The Wrong Answer to the Right Question
      17: Newborn Practices: Don't Just Do Something; Sit There!
      Section VIII: Optimal Practice for a Maternity Care System
      Chapter 18: Supportive Care in Labor: Mothering the Mother Versus Serving the Doctor
      Chapter 19: Midwife-Led Care: Organizing an Optimal Maternity Care System
      Chapter 20: The Place of Birth: Birth Homes
      Chapter 21: The Place of Birth: Home Births.
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