Childbirth without fear
Subtitle: the principles and practice of natural childbirth
By: Grantly Dick-Read ; foreword by Ina May Gaskin
Contributors: Gaskin, Ina May
Edition: Second Pinter & Martin edition.
Publisher: Pinter & Martin
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9781780660554
Subjects: Natural childbirth
Description: In an age where birth has often been overtaken by obstetrics, Dr Dick-Read's philosophy is still as fresh and relevant as it was when he originally wrote this book.
Notes: Previous edition: 2004.

Based on the 4th edition originally published in 1959.

"This definitive reissue includes the full text of the fourth edition, the last completed by Grantly Dick-Read before his death in 1959, and The autobiography of Grantly Dick-Read, compiled from his writings"--Back cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The science of obstetrics; title: Motherhood from many points of view; title: A philosophy of childbirth; title: Anatomy and physiology; title: The pain of labour; title: Factors predisposing to low threshold of pain interpretation; title: Fear; title: Imagery and the conditioning of the mind; title: The fear of childbirth; title: The retreat of fear; title: Diet in pregnancy; title: The phenomena of labour; title: The relief of pain in labour; title: Hypnosis in childbirth as a means of pain relief; title: The conduct of labour; title: Childbirth in emergency; title: Breast-feeding and rooming-in; title: The husband and childbirth; title: Antenatal education; title: Preparation for labour; title: Antenatal schools of instruction and their organisation; title: In conclusion.