Bibliograph

Birth day, a pediatrician explores the science, the history, and the wonder of childbirth, Mark Sloan

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Birth day, a pediatrician explores the science, the history, and the wonder of childbirth, Mark Sloan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-355) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Birth day

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

232129201

Responsibility statement

Mark Sloan

Sub title

a pediatrician explores the science, the history, and the wonder of childbirth

Table Of Contents

On being born. Twenty babies : an unexpectedly quick introduction to vaginal birth ; The first five minutes ; An alternate route : Cesarean birth -- Pain and politics. B.E. (before epidurals) ; Nowadays : an "epidural monoculture"? -- Significant others. Daddies ; The gang's all here : a history of birth attendance -- Looking at babies. Inside looking out : the five senses at birth ; "The newborn worth rearing" : infant resuscitation, from Aristotle to Apgar ; Infant origami : a guided tour of the newborn body

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