Overview

Growing numbers of women who experience pregnancy loss of all kinds - from early spontaneous miscarriage to stillbirth - seek help from practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in their recovery and preparation for future pregnancy. However CAM is largely unregulated and can be an unfamiliar and confusing area for mainstream health professionals. Many of these also have questions about the efficacy and safety of complementary or alternative treatments and what they may be able to offer. Meanwhile CAM practitioners may be unaware of the medical investigations and treatments available for conditions such as miscarriage ectopics gestational trophoblastic disease preterm labour foetal reduction intrauterine death and stillbirth and other less common complications. This book written by an experienced CAM practitioner aims primarily to provide medical professionals with the knowledge and confidence to advise women seeking complementary or alternative treatments. The author draws on her experience as a CAM practitioner to illustrate key areas where integrating sound and professional CAM into standard practice can offer women benefits including improved psychological recovery from pregnancy loss. It also gives CAM practitioners greater insight into conventional medicine and aids them to better understand respect and care for women experiencing pregnancy loss. This book will be essential reading for all those who work with women who have experienced pregnancy loss including health visitors midwives GPs practice nurses counsellors psychotherapists and CAM practitioners of all kinds.

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Author:   Janetta Bensouilah
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
Edition:   1st New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 15.60cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9781846193743

ISBN 10:   1846193745
Pages:   140
Publication Date:   01 April 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Janetta Bensouilah, Private practitioner, Surrey, England

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