Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Web-Forum
- 1 General introduction
- Section 1 A wake-up call
- Section 2 Back to basics
- Section 3 Proactive support of labor
- 12 Introductory synopsis
- 13 Nulliparous versus parous labor
- 14 Diagnosis of labor
- 15 Prevention of long labor
- 16 Personal continuity and continuous support
- 17 Amniotomy and oxytocin
- 18 Labor pain in broader perspective
- 19 Prelabor preparation
- 20 Medical pain relief revisited
- 21 Dynamic dystocia unraveled
- 22 Mechanical birth obstruction
- 23 Curtailed use of induction
- 24 Intrapartum care of the fetus
- 25 Prevention of litigation
- 26 Organizational reforms
- 27 Continual audit and feedback
- 28 Quality assessment
- 29 Hospital statistics
- 30 Sum of the parts
- Index
- References
25 - Prevention of litigation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 September 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Web-Forum
- 1 General introduction
- Section 1 A wake-up call
- Section 2 Back to basics
- Section 3 Proactive support of labor
- 12 Introductory synopsis
- 13 Nulliparous versus parous labor
- 14 Diagnosis of labor
- 15 Prevention of long labor
- 16 Personal continuity and continuous support
- 17 Amniotomy and oxytocin
- 18 Labor pain in broader perspective
- 19 Prelabor preparation
- 20 Medical pain relief revisited
- 21 Dynamic dystocia unraveled
- 22 Mechanical birth obstruction
- 23 Curtailed use of induction
- 24 Intrapartum care of the fetus
- 25 Prevention of litigation
- 26 Organizational reforms
- 27 Continual audit and feedback
- 28 Quality assessment
- 29 Hospital statistics
- 30 Sum of the parts
- Index
- References
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- Proactive Support of LaborThe Challenge of Normal Childbirth, pp. 225 - 229Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009
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