Why Oxytocin Matters
$24.95
- Paperback
168 pages
- Release Date
24 July 2019
Summary
Oxytocin, or the ‘hormone of health and life’, is a hugely important substance for pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding – working in a woman’s body and brain to make changes during pregnancy, optimise labour, increase milk production and support bonding. Research has shown that we can encourage the body’s oxytocin system by supporting mothers’ wellbeing through birth practices and postnatal care. We also now know that oxytocin is present in everyone, of any age, directing a whole system of e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780666051 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780666055 |
| Author: | Kerstin Uvnas Moberg |
| Publisher: | Montag & Martin Limited |
| Imprint: | Pinter & Martin Ltd. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 168 |
| Release Date: | 24 July 2019 |
| Weight: | 158g |
| Dimensions: | 172mm x 111mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Pinter & Martin Why it Matters |
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About The Author
Kerstin Uvnas Moberg
Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg, M.D., Ph.D., is recognised as a world authority on oxytocin. Her research has taken place and takes place at the famed Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, and at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, where she is Professor of Physiology. The author of more than 450 scientific papers and previous books, She and He, The Oxytocin Factor and The Hormone of Closeness, Oxytocin the Biological Guide to Motherhood, and she is a co-author on Attachment to Pets. Dr. Uvnäs Moberg lectures widely in Europe and the United States. Her work has been influential in a variety of fields, including physiology, women’s health, obstetrics, psychology, animal husbandry, physical therapy, pediatrics, and child development. A mother of four children, she lives in Djursholm, Sweden.
Why Oxytocin Matters (2019) is her latest book.
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