Exercises for Pregnancy and Childbirth: A Practical Guide for Educators - Softcover

Brayshaw, Eileen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 075065600X ISBN 13: 9780750656009

Publisher: Books for Midwives, 2003

Synopsis

The physical skills of pregnancy relaxation, exercises and coping strategies for labour benefit all pregnant women and their partners. These skills are taught at antenatal classes by womens health physiotherapists or, in their absence, by midwives and sometimes health visitors. As Obstetrics Gynaecology is no longer a core subject in physiotherapy undergraduate education, there are insufficient specialist physiotherapists to provide tuition at all antenatal classes especially in rural areas. Because of this, many midwives and some health visitors are having to teach these skills without themselves having been properly equipped to do so. This book provides the necessary information in a practical and easy-to-follow format.

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Review

""This book serves as a comprehensive overview for a wide range of topics relevant to health professionals working in the area of antenatal and postnatal education. This is a useful text for health professionals at the early stage of their career in women's health or those professionals returning to antenatal and postnatal education."" Elizabeth Culleton-Quinn, Physiotherapy Ireland

Edition details

• Publisher: Books for Midwives
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 075065600X
• ISBN 13: 9780750656009
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 162