Freestanding Birth Centers
innovation, evidence, optimal outcomes
$143.10
- Paperback
366 pages
- Release Date
29 May 2017
Summary
Written for graduate students and professionals in the fields of midwifery, women’s health, and public health, this book explores the freestanding birth center model in the United States from its conception by pioneering midwives and others in the early 1970s through the present day. Compared to the hospital-based birth model, the freestanding birth center offers a better documented, healthier, more cost-effective, and more humane way to care for women and newborns, consistent with the goals …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780826125897 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0826125891 |
| Author: | Linda Cole, Melissa Avery |
| Publisher: | Springer Publishing Co Inc |
| Imprint: | Springer Publishing Co Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 366 |
| Release Date: | 29 May 2017 |
| Weight: | 615g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Linda Cole
Linda J. Cole, DNP, CNM, has spent most of her professional life in full-scope practice at a freestanding birth center, Lisa Ross Birth and Women’s Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. Dr. Cole joined Frontier Nursing University in 2012 as an assistant professor in the Department of Midwifery and Women’s Health.Melissa D. Avery, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, is a professor in the School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and directs the nurse-midwifery education program there.
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