Birth models that work (University of California Press, 2009)
Includes bibliographical references and index
The Dutch obstetrical system : vanguard of the future in maternity care - Raymond De Vries ... [et al.] -- - The New Zealand maternity system : a midwifery renaissance - Chris Hendry -- - The Ontario midwifery model of care - Margaret E. MacDonald and Ivy Lynn Bourgeault -- - Samoan midwives' stories : joining social and professional midwives in new models of birth - Lesley Barclay Utumuu -- - The Albany midwifery practice - Becky Reed and Cathy Walton -- - Small really is beautiful : tales from a freestanding birth center in England - Denis Walsh -- - Transforming the culture of a maternity service : St. George Hospital, Sydney, Australia - Pat Brodie and Caroline Homer -- - Maternity homes in Japan : reservoirs of normal childbirth - Etsuko Matsuoka and Fumiko Hinokuma
The northern New Mexico midwifery center model, Taos, New Mexico - Elizabeth Gilmore -- - Teamwork : an obstetrician, a midwife, and a doula in Brazil - Ricardo Herbert Jones -- - The CASA Hospital and professional midwifery school : an education and practice model that works - Lisa Mills and Robbie Davis-Floyd -- - Mercy in action : bringing mother- and baby-friendly birth centers to the Philippines - Vicki Penwell -- - Circles of community : the CenteringPregnancy Group prenatal care model - Sharon Schindler Rising and Rima Jolivet -- - Humanizing childbirth to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality : a national effort in Brazil - Daphne Rattner ... [et al.] -- - "Orchestrating normal" : the conduct of midwifery in the United States - Holly Powell Kennedy
This groundbreaking book takes us around the world in search of birth models that work in order to improve the standard of care for mothers and families everywhere. The contributors describe examples of maternity services from both developing countries and wealthy industrialized societies that apply the latest scientific evidence to support and facilitate normal physiological birth; deal appropriately with complications; and generate excellent birth outcomes--including psychological satisfaction for the mother. The book concludes with a description of the ideology that underlies all these working models--known internationally as the midwifery model of care.--publisher's description