Healing Passage (6th edition) by Anne Frye

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Full title: ‘Healing Passage – A Midwife’s Guide to the Cure and Repair of the Tissues Involved in Birth’; Seventh Edition 2010; First edition published in USA 1982; 676 pages; 25.5 x 18 cms; numerous drawings and tables; spirial bound

Index to this page:

Table of Contents; About the Author; Book Reviews;

Table of Contents:

How to use this Manual p.1
Ethical considerations p.7

Chapter 1: Pertinent Anatomy p.13
Chapter 2: Maintaining Perineal Inegrity During Labour and Birth p.141
Chapter 3: Assessment of the Pelvic Tissues p.183
Chapter 4: Inimate Grooming, Body Art and Femail Genital Surgery p.221
Chapter 5: Surgical Tools, Equipment and Related Supplies p.301
Chapter 6: Basic Surgical Principles p.347
Chapter 7: Essential Surgical Skills for Midwives p.359
Chapter 8: Checking for Perineal Damage after Birth p.463
Chapter 9: Preparing to Suture p.491
Chapter 10: Putting it all Together: First - and Second - Degree Repair p.503
Chapter 11: Third - and Fourth - Degree Repair p.527
Chapter 12: Unusual Repairs and Other Problems p.549
Chapter 13: Postpartum Care of the Perineal Tissues p.583
Appendices p.611
Index : p.651

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About the Author:

Anne Frye began her studies in 1975 at the Holistic Childbirth Institute in San Francisco, California. She went on to attend the Maternity Centre program in El Paso, Texas. Through these experiences she was granted an independant study Bachelor of Arts in the Humanities from New College of California in Holistic Midwifery. She has since taught extensively and practiced independant midwifery in both home and clinic settings.

Her books to date are:

Holistic Midwifery: A Comprehensive Textbook for Midwives in Homebirth Practice - Volume 1 - Care During Pregnancy (click here to read about this book)
Holistic Midwifery Volume II: Care of the mother and baby from the onset of labor through the first hours after birth (click here to read about this book)
Understanding Diagnostic Tests in the Childbearing Year - A Holistic Guide to Evaluating the Health of Mother and Baby (click here to read about this book)
This book Healing Passage.

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Book Reviews:

From the book cover: 'The newest edition of Healing Passage brings to mind so many superlatives that it is hard to pick only a few, but comprehensive, thoughtful, caring, in-depth, and up-to-date are amongst those that describe the work Anne Frye has produced herein .... I highly recommend this text to anyone who cares for pregnant birthing women as the essential resource in this area' Sara Wickham RM, PhD, MA, PGCE(A), BA(Hons), Author, Independent Midwifery Lecturer and Consultant, Editor of Essentially MIDIRS

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