num_pages: 582
description: Not for sale in the US and Canada. What practices and policies best promote safe, healthy, satisfying labour and birth? What harms do routine or frequent use of tests, procedures, and restrictions introduce? What nonmedical factors drive the current maternity care system? Meticulously documented, Optimal Care in The Case for a Physiologic Approach pulls back the curtain on medical-model management of childbirth. Written for those who want to practice according to the best evidence, assist women in making informed decisions, or advocate for maternity care reforms, Optimal Care in Childbirth provides an in-depth analysis of the evidence basis for physiologic care as the standard of care. The book 
language: English
title: Optimal Care in Childbirth
publisher: Pinter & Martin Ltd.