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Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities Henci Goer

Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities By Henci Goer

Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities by Henci Goer


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This text is an attempt to make the medical literature on a variety of key obstetric issues accessible to people who lack the time, expertise, access, or proximity to a medical library. It covers caesarean issues, pregnancy and labour management and provides a review of approaches.

Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities Summary

Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities: A Guide to the Medical Literature by Henci Goer

Anyone working to improve the childbearing experience and help women avoid unnecessary intervention has encountered numerous obstetric myths or old doctors' tales. And while the evidence in the medical literature may be solidly, often unequivocably, against whatever the doctor said, without access to that evidence, the pregnant woman is quite reasonably going to follow her doctor. This book is an attempt to make the medical literature on a variety of key obstetric issues accessible to people who lack the time, expertise, access, or proximity to a medical library to research concerns on their own. This compact, accurate, yet understandable reference is designed for people without medical training and organized for easy access. After an introductory chapter giving basic information about the different types of medical studies, how to evaluate them, and some basic statistical concepts, Goer provides chapters on cesarean issues, pregnancy and labor management, and a review of alternative approaches. Each chapter begins with a stated myth, followed by an examination of the reality. Goer then analyzes the mainstream belief, pointing out its fallacies. Then comes a list of significant points gleaned from the studies and keyed to her abstracts. Next is the outline by which the abstracts are grouped. Finally come the numbered abstracts of relevant articles published, in most cases, after 1980. The book concludes with a glossary of medical terms and an index. This compact, accurate, and understandable reference tool is designed for people without medical training as well as care givers.

About Henci Goer

HENCI GOER is an ASPO-certified childbirth educator and doula (professional provider of labor support). A medical writer for the past ten years, she has written numerous pamphlets and magazine articles for her fellow professionals and for expectant couples.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Nature of Evidence: How to Read the Medical Literature The Cesarean Epidemic The Cesarean Rate Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Cephalopelvic Disproportion, Failure to Progress, Labor Dystocia and Active Management Breech Presentation Fetal Distress and Electronic Fetal Monitoring Pregnancy and Labor Management Gestational Diabetes Postdates Pregnancy: Induction versus Watching and Waiting Premature Rupture of Membranes at Term IVs versus Eating and Drinking in Labor Amniotomy Epidural Anesthesia Episiotomy The Case for an Alternative System Midwives The Freestanding Birth Center Home Birth The Nature of Evidence (Reprise): Why the Gap Between Belief and Reality? Glossary

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GOR011255180
9780897894272
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Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities: A Guide to the Medical Literature by Henci Goer
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
19950222
400
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