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- catalog abstract "In Hard Labor, Susan L. Diamond, B.S.N., R.N., shares a unique, insider's view of childbirth. Diamond's lifetime of experience - as a prepared-childbirth instructor, as an obstetrical nurse who spent nearly a decade working on labor and delivery wards, and as a mother of two - has given her an unmatched perspective on giving birth and on the impact of modern medicine on this most special time for mother and child. Too often in American hospitals today, the process of labor and delivery is treated as an illness, not as a natural, if life-altering, event. Women are dehumanized by artificially established "labor curves" and confined by often-unnecessary machinery; their personal needs, even their privacy, subsumed under the rules of the system. Fear of malpractice has added to the rigidity of the system - but so has a lack of true caring and a fondness for expediency. Diamond's vision of childbirth as a natural, normal event, one that should be enhanced, not corrupted, by modern medicine, shines from every page of this powerful, emotionally evocative work. Hard Labor introduces readers to dozens of mothers, fathers, and families, and reveals the wide spectrum of triumph and tragedy that fills labor and delivery wards. Diamond's fellow nurses, and the doctors with whom they work, also spring to life in her vivid recountings of medical disasters and miracles. From accounts of the sadness of death in utero to the joy of unexpectedly delivering twins, Hard Labor is a moving reading experience. But more, it offers women the information they need to make informed choices about their own plans for childbirth.".
- catalog contributor b9627399.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "In Hard Labor, Susan L. Diamond, B.S.N., R.N., shares a unique, insider's view of childbirth. Diamond's lifetime of experience - as a prepared-childbirth instructor, as an obstetrical nurse who spent nearly a decade working on labor and delivery wards, and as a mother of two - has given her an unmatched perspective on giving birth and on the impact of modern medicine on this most special time for mother and child. Too often in American hospitals today, the process of labor and delivery is treated as an illness, not as a natural, if life-altering, event. Women are dehumanized by artificially established "labor curves" and confined by often-unnecessary machinery; their personal needs, even their privacy, subsumed under the rules of the system. Fear of malpractice has added to the rigidity of the system - but so has a lack of true caring and a fondness for expediency. Diamond's vision of childbirth as a natural, normal event, one that should be enhanced, not corrupted, by modern medicine, shines from every page of this powerful, emotionally evocative work. Hard Labor introduces readers to dozens of mothers, fathers, and families, and reveals the wide spectrum of triumph and tragedy that fills labor and delivery wards. Diamond's fellow nurses, and the doctors with whom they work, also spring to life in her vivid recountings of medical disasters and miracles. From accounts of the sadness of death in utero to the joy of unexpectedly delivering twins, Hard Labor is a moving reading experience. But more, it offers women the information they need to make informed choices about their own plans for childbirth.".
- catalog extent "380 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0312856822".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Forge,".
- catalog subject "618.4 20".
- catalog subject "Childbirth Popular works.".
- catalog subject "Diamond, Susan L.".
- catalog subject "Maternity nursing.".
- catalog subject "RG652 .D496 1996".
- catalog title "Hard labor / Susan L. Diamond.".
- catalog type "Popular works. fast".
- catalog type "text".