Table of Contents: Preface
Chapter 1: Spouses’ Psychopathological Distress and Marital Quality at Childbirth: Theoretical and Empirical Current Status (pp. 1-37)
(Patrizia Velotti, Donatella Cavanna, Rosetta Castellano, Department of Educational Sciences, Psychology Unit, University of Genoa, Italy)
Chapter 2: The Voices of Postnatal Couples: How They Can Enhance our Antenatal Practice (pp. 39-68)
(Jane Svensson, Clinical Midwifery Consultant Health Education, Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney, Australia)
Chapter 3: Caesarean Birth: The Lived Experiences of Thai Women (pp. 69-88)
(Pranee Liamputtong, Somsri Kitisriworapan, School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Australia, and others)
Chapter 4: Ethical Analysis on Therapeutic Abortion for Fetal Abnormality: A Case Study (pp. 89-103)
(Linda Y. K. Lee, Joseph K. L. Lee, Simon C. Lam, S. L. Wong, The Open University of Hong Kong, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China)
Chapter 5: The Use of Placental Blood in Term and Pre-Term Newborns (pp. 105-123)
(Peter Lillitos, Heike Rabe, Department of Neonatology, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom)
Chapter 6: A Theory-Based Intervention to Promote Chinese First-Time Pregnant Women’s Self-Efficacy for Childbirth (pp. 125-141)
(Wan-Yim Ip, The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China)*
Chapter 7: Anal Sphincter Damages and Childbirth: Mechanisms of Action, Diagnosis and Treatment (pp. 143-165)
(F. Sartori, G.A. Santoro, S.A. Shobeiri, Pelvic Floor Unit 1, Department of Surgery, Regional Hospital, Treviso, Italy, and others)*
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