Contents:
Evolution of current systems of intrapartum care / Denis Walsh -- Debates about knowledge and intrapartum care / Soo Downe -- Childbirth education : politics, equality and revelance / Mary Nolan -- Birth environment / Denis Walsh -- Labour rhythms / Denis Walsh -- Evidence for neonatal transition and the first hour of life / Judith Mercer & Debra Erikson-Owens -- Midwifery presence : philosophy, science and art / Holly Powell-Kennedy, Tricia Anderson & Nicky Leap -- Skills for working with (the woman in) pain / Rosemary Mander -- Complementary therapies in labour : a woman-centered approach / Denise Tiran -- Midwifery skills for normalising unusual labours / Verena Schmidt and Soo Downe -- Psychology and labour experience : birth as peak experience / Gill Thompson -- Sexuality in labour and birth : an intimate perspective / Sarah Buckley -- Spirituality and labour care / Jenny Hall -- How midwives should organise to provide intrapartum care / Chris McCourt -- Feminism and intrapartum care / Mary Stewart -- Toward salutogenic birth in the 21st century / Soo Downe.