Lamaze: An International History (Oxford Studies In International History)

Reveals the surprising history of the Lamaze method of childbirth, also known as psychoprophylaxis, by tracing this psychological, non-pharmacological approach to obstetric pain relief from its origins in the USSR in the 1940s, to France in the 1950s, and to the United States in the 1960s and 1970s.

• | Author: Paula A. Michaels
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 20, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 264 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0199738645
• | ISBN-13: 9780199738649