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Choices in Pregnancy and Childbirth: A Guide to Options for Health Professionals, Midwives, Holistic Practitioners, and Parents
John Wilks
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Description for Choices in Pregnancy and Childbirth: A Guide to Options for Health Professionals, Midwives, Holistic Practitioners, and Parents
Paperback. This clear, balanced and well-researched presentation of the various holistic options for treating mothers and babies during pregnancy and childbirth enables practitioners to create the best possible outcomes for mother and baby. It offers practical tips to make childbirth a positive and safe experience and advice for when things don't go to plan. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 b&w. BIC Classification: MJT; MQD; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
This is a comprehensive and empowering guide to facilitating a positive pregnancy and birth experience, and ensuring lasting emotional and physical health for mother and baby. Countering increasingly medicalized attitudes towards pregnancy and birth among many healthcare providers, this research-based book discusses the benefits of a more natural approach. It reveals the often undisclosed effects on a child's long-term development of accepted medical practices, such as induction, C-section, surgical interventions and pain-relief medications. It offers advice on how these practices can be avoided, for example with techniques to encourage optimal fetal positioning, by optimising ... Read more
This is a comprehensive and empowering guide to facilitating a positive pregnancy and birth experience, and ensuring lasting emotional and physical health for mother and baby. Countering increasingly medicalized attitudes towards pregnancy and birth among many healthcare providers, this research-based book discusses the benefits of a more natural approach. It reveals the often undisclosed effects on a child's long-term development of accepted medical practices, such as induction, C-section, surgical interventions and pain-relief medications. It offers advice on how these practices can be avoided, for example with techniques to encourage optimal fetal positioning, by optimising ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
530g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848192195
SKU
V9781848192195
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Ref
99-10
About John Wilks
John Wilks has practiced and taught Craniosacral Therapy and the Bowen Technique for many years and lectures complementary practitioners on pregnancy and childbirth all over the world. He is the author of four books on complementary therapies and developed a specialised Craniosacral training course for midwives which was the first of its kind to be accredited by the Royal College ... Read more
Reviews for Choices in Pregnancy and Childbirth: A Guide to Options for Health Professionals, Midwives, Holistic Practitioners, and Parents
We should do all possible to promote this book and its profoundly important message. Our species' survival may well depend upon it.
Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of 'Magical Child' and 'The Crack in the Cosmic Egg' A comprehensive and compassionate guide for parents wanting to make informed and gentle choices in pregnancy, birth, and parenting.
Dr Sarah J. ... Read more
Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of 'Magical Child' and 'The Crack in the Cosmic Egg' A comprehensive and compassionate guide for parents wanting to make informed and gentle choices in pregnancy, birth, and parenting.
Dr Sarah J. ... Read more