Pregnancy and childbirth
Subtitle: a holistic approach to massage and bodywork
By: Suzanne Yates ; foreword by Michele Kolakowski, Penny Bussell Stansfield ; photographers, Sherrie Keuhlein and Amanda Hartman.
Publisher: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Edinburgh; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780702030550
Subjects: Massage; Pregnancy; Pregnant women -- Health and hygiene; Massage -- methods; Pregnancy; Holistic Health; Postnatal Care -- methods; Prenatal Care -- methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Western views of pregnancy; title: Western theory of labour; title: Introduction to the eastern approach; title: Pregnancy from an eastern perspective; title: Labour from an eastern perspective; title: The postpartum from an eastern perspective; title: Introduction to bodywork; title: Practical bodywork in pregnancy; title: Practical bodywork in labour; title: Practical bodywork in the postpartum; title: Aftercare and self-care; title: The medical approach to labour; title: Working with higher risk maternity clients; title: Professional issues.