Pain and its relief in childbirth : the results of a national survey

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Pain and its relief in childbirth : the results of a national survey

conducted by the National Birthday Trust ; edited by Geoffrey Chamberlain, Ann Wraight, Philip Steer ; foreword by Margaret Bain

Churchill Livingstone, 1993

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Presents and discusses the results of a national survey on pain and its relief in childbirth. Topics covered include the history of pain relief, the availability of pain relief, obstetrical anaesthesia, coping with pain and the effects of pain relief on the baby.

Table of Contents

  • The history of pain relief in labour, Geoffrey Chamberlain
  • background to the survey, Geoffrey Chamberlain
  • mounting the survey, Ann Wraight
  • the hospitals and the women who used them, Geoffrey Chamberlain
  • the availability of pain relief, Philip Steer
  • the methods of pain relief used, Philip Steer
  • obstetrical anaesthesia, Maldwyn Morgan
  • coping with pain, Ann Wraight
  • the effects of pain relief on the baby, Harold Gamsu
  • the follow-up survey, Ann Oakley
  • findings and recommendations of the NBT survey, Geoffrey Chamberlain et al. Appendix: the questionnaires.

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