Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Web-Forum
- 1 General introduction
- Section 1 A wake-up call
- 2 Medical excess in normal childbirth
- 3 Iatrogenic causes of failed labors
- 4 Harmful birth care practices
- 5 Destructive territorial disputes
- 6 Self-sustaining mechanisms
- Section 2 Back to basics
- Section 3 Proactive support of labor
- Index
- References
4 - Harmful birth care practices
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Web-Forum
- 1 General introduction
- Section 1 A wake-up call
- 2 Medical excess in normal childbirth
- 3 Iatrogenic causes of failed labors
- 4 Harmful birth care practices
- 5 Destructive territorial disputes
- 6 Self-sustaining mechanisms
- Section 2 Back to basics
- Section 3 Proactive support of labor
- Index
- References
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
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- Proactive Support of LaborThe Challenge of Normal Childbirth, pp. 27 - 34Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009