Childbirth without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth - Softcover

Grantly Dick-Read; Michel Odent

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0953096467 ISBN 13: 9780953096466

Publisher: Pinter & Martin Ltd., 2004

Synopsis

Over 40 years ago, this pioneering doctor introduced his philosophy of childbirth education--now known as natural childbirth. His modern classic, which has sold more than 200,000 copies in hardcover and trade paperback editions, has been revised and expanded for its mass market edition.

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About the Authors

Born in Britain in 1890, Grantly Dick-Read studied at Cambridge and at the London Hospital. He soon realised that there was something inherently wrong with the traditional methods of delivering babies, with their emphasis on intervention and the extensive use of anaesthetics. The publication of Childbirth without Fear caused widespread controversy, but, encouraged by many women who had given birth using the 'Dick-Read method',

Grantly Dick-Read dedicated his life to promoting natural childbirth. His writings inspired advocators of natural childbirth such as Janet Balaskas, Yehudi Gordon, Michel Odent, Ina May Gaskin and Sheila Kitzinger, and seem even more relevant today than when they were first published.

In 1948 he moved to South Africa, where he continued practising and teaching. In 1954 he conducted an extensive tour investigating childbirth practices of African tribes, which he described in his book No Time for Fear. Grantly Dick-Read died back home in England in 1959.

"Pioneers pass on unheard and unlamented until the trail they blazed is followed by a few who have believed. At the end they are discovered where their life's work is finished, mourned only by the wild flowers of the wilderness they loved." Grantly Dick-Read

Michel Odent, MD, has been in charge of the surgical unit and the maternity unit at the Pithiviers state hospital (1962-1985) and is the founder of the Primal Health Research Centre (London). He is the author of the first article in the medical literature about the initiation of lactation during the hour following birth (1977), of the first article about the use of birthing pools (Lancet 1983), and of the first article applying the `Gate Control Theory of Pain’ to obstetrics (1975). See pubmed.com (Odent M). He created the Primal Health Research database (www.primalhealthresearch.com). He is the author of 16 books published in 24 languages.

Michel Odent is Visiting Professor at the Odessa National Medical University and Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Brasilia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pinter & Martin Ltd.
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0953096467
• ISBN 13: 9780953096466
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 352