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Economics of Childbirth

Obstetric Anesthesia Digest, 2013
AbstractBackgroundIncreasing birth rates have raised questions for policy makers and hospital management about the economic costs of childbirth.ObjectiveThe purpose of this article is to identify and review all existing scientific studies in relation to the economic costs of alternative modes of childbirth delivery and to highlight deficiencies in the ...
Michael, Fahy   +4 more
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Smoking and childbirth

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 1991
(1991). Smoking and childbirth. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica: Vol. 70, No. 2, pp. 103-104.
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TRAINING FOR CHILDBIRTH

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1949
In the foreword to Helen Heardman's recent book, "A Way to Natural Childbirth," Dr. F. J. Browne, professor of obstetrics at the University of London, writes: "Nothing has been more remarkable in the practice of obstetrics within the last ten years than the increasing appreciation of the value of principles enunciated by Edmund Jacobson in 1929 in his ...
H, THOMS, F W, GOODRICH
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Conditioning for childbirth

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1956
Abstract To sum up, we believe that if natural childbirth or, as we prefer to call it, conditioning for labor, is used not so much for its relief from pain as for its psychological effect on the woman, permitting her to derive a greater satisfaction from having a baby, it is a most valuable addition to our obstetrical armamentarium.
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Of Pain and Childbirth

Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics, 2017
Childbirth is often understood as a paradigmatically "happy" event where good outcomes are expected and the process anticipated as a reason for celebration. Yet the narratives in this volume reflect sadness and grief, even when a healthy child is born. In this essay, I interrogate the genesis of and our relationship to grief in birth.
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Fear of childbirth before, during, and after childbirth

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2006
AbstractBackground. Only scanty research exists about the relationship between women's expectations during pregnancy and their experiences as reported during the actual process of labor and afterwards. The aims of the present study were: 1. to investigate the associations between fear of childbirth during pregnancy and postpartum and fear and pain ...
Siw, Alehagen   +2 more
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A Reclamation of Childbirth

The Journal of Perinatal Education, 2003
In the first of a two-part article, the author recounts the childbirth experiences of her mother and grandmother, as well as her own, providing a view of three distinct eras and revealing profound changes in how American culture manages and understands birth.
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"THE STORY OF CHILDBIRTH"

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1933
To the Editor: —The review of "The Story of Childbirth" inThe Journal, November 4, says: "The usual indefensible statement is made that the United States is the worst place in the civilized world for a woman to have a baby, and—unfairly —the statistics of various countries, which, all serious students of the situation decide, are not comparable, are ...
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Childbirth and incontinence

Midwifery, 1988
Abstract Urinary and/or faecal incontinence cause social, psychological and physical distress. This article reviews the current state of knowledge of the relationship between childbirth and incontinence.
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