Simkin, Penny, 1938-

The labor progress handbook : early interventions to prevent and treat dystocia / Penny Simkin, Ruth Ancheta, with Suzy Myers ; illustrated by Shanna dela Cruz. - 2nd ed. - Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005. - xvi, 302 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Dysfunctional labor: general considerations -- Assessing progress in labor -- Prolonged pre-labor and latent first stage -- Prolonged active phase of labor -- Prolonged second stage of labor -- The labor progress toolkit: maternal positions and movements -- The labor progress toolkit: comfort measures.

140512217X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781405122177 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2005005239

101242064 DNLM


Labor (Obstetrics)--Complications--Prevention--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Birth injuries--Prevention--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dystocia--prevention & control--Handbooks.
Birth Injuries--prevention & control--Handbooks.
Obstetric Labor Complications--Handbooks.

RG701 / SIM 2005

618.5

2005 N-721 WQ 39 / S589L 2005