Healing Passage by Anne Frye - out of print - being rewritten at present

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Full title: ‘Healing Passage – A Midwife’s Guide to the Cure and Repair of the Tissues Involved in Birth’; Fifth Edition 1995; First edition published in USA 1980; 308 pages; 25.5 x 18 cms; numerous drawings and tables.

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.6
Pertinent anatomy p.11
Suturing and related equipment p.33

Chapter 1: Basic principles and techniques p.53
Chapter 2: Practicing: basic lessons in technique p.97
Chapter 3: Assessing genital damage p.125
Chapter 4: Preparing to suture p.157
Chapter 5: Putting it all together:
- first and second degree tear p.175
- third and fourth degree tear p.193
Chapter 6: Unusual repairs and other problems p.205
Chapter 7: Postpartum care p.233

Appendix p.259
Bibliography p.293
Index p.297

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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: 'Healing Passage takes the student through every step from preventing tears through the most complicated repairs. Numerous illustrations and a model of the pelvic musculature illuminate anatomical relationships in a unique and highly effective way … Virtually every repair situation that the practitioner might encounter is addressed, making this text invaluable for even the most experienced clinician. Still the only textbook entirely devoted to preventing and repairing birth-related tears, Healing Passage is now considered essential reading throughout North America by practising midwives as well as educational programs everywhere.'

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