Normal Childbirth: Evidence and Debate

By Soo Downe and Susan Downe BA(Hons) MSc PhD RM

Book Overview

Normal childbirth should be the right of the majority: not a chosen few. With the increasing risk of litigation, there is often a move to err on the side of caution and classify women as 'at risk' if they present with even a hint of a problem. This is a contested area, with wide interpretation of terminology and midwives need to be aware of the wide parameters of 'normal' in order to practise autonomously, effectively and safely. Soo Downe covers a wide variety of subjects, with international contributors giving the benefit of their expertise. This evidence-based text offers a widely applicable source book on multiple aspects of normal birth, proposing new approaches and paradigms for future research and practice.Explores the nature and implications of normal childbirth as opposed to birth with medical intervention.Challenges the fundamental assumptions underpinning current beliefs and attitudes surrounding normal birth.Synthesizes evidence to provide different ways of seeing normality and interpreting its meanings.Provides a highly applicable reference for readers with an interest in the multiple aspects of normal birth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0443073856
• ISBN13: 9780443073854
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.5" x 7.3"