The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia

Simkin, Penny; Ancheta, Ruth

ISBN 10: 1444337718 / ISBN 13: 9781444337716

Published by Blackwell Pub, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia
• Publisher: Blackwell Pub
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1444337718
• ISBN 13: 9781444337716
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: like_new

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Synopsis

The third edition of The Labor Progress Handbook builds on the success of first two editions and remains an unparalleled resource on simple, non-invasive interventions to prevent or treat difficult labor.  Features new to this edition include two new chapters on third and fourth stage labor management and low-technology interventions, a complete analysis of directed versus spontaneous pushing, and additional information on massage techniques.

About the Author

Penny Simkin is a physical therapist who has specialized in childbirth education since 1968. She serves on the editorial board for Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care and the consultant boards for the International Childbirth Education Association and the Seattle Midwifery School. 

Ruth Ancheta is a certified DONA doula and approved trainer and has been a certified childbirth educator through ICEA for more than twenty years. She has authored numerous childbirth education materials including the Childbirth Skills Teaching Kit and the VBAC Source Book and Teaching Kit.