Full Description
In this book, the authors present new developments in childbirth research. Topics discussed in this compilation include the theoretical and research findings on the psychopathology during transition to parenthood as a critical life event; the voices of postnatal women and how their experiences enhance antenatal practice; a sociological understanding of women's childbirth discourses; ethical analysis on therapeutic abortion for foetal abnormality; the use of placental blood in term and pre-term new-borns; self-efficacy theory and intervention in childbirth; and anal sphincter damages in childbirth.
Contents
Preface; Spouses Psychopathological Distress & Marital Quality at Childbirth: Theoretical & Empirical Current Status; The Voices of Postnatal Couples: How They Can Enhance our Antenatal Practice; Caesarean Birth: The Lived Experiences of Thai Women; Ethical Analysis on Therapeutic Abortion for Fetal Abnormality: A Case Study; The Use of Placental Blood in Term & Pre-Term Newborns; A Theory-Based Intervention to Promote Chinese First-Time Pregnant Womens Self-Efficacy for Childbirth; Anal Sphincter Damages & Childbirth: Mechanisms of Action, Diagnosis & Treatment; Index.NER(01): GB IE
