Birth

Evidence-Based Change: Can Powerful Professional Interests Be Persuaded To Do It?
pp. 95-96(2)
Author: Ernst, Eunice K.

Early Contact versus Separation: Effects on Mother-Infant Interaction One Year Later
pp. 97-109(13)
Authors: Bystrova, Ksenia; Ivanova, Valentina; Edhborg, Maigun; Matthiesen, Ann-Sofi; Ransjö-Arvidson, Anna-Berit; Mukhamedrakhimov, Rifkat; Uvnäs-Moberg, Kerstin; Widström, Ann-Marie

Commentary: An Early, Short, and Useful Sensitive Period in the Human Infant
pp. 110-112(3)
Author: Klaus, Marshall H.

Commentary: Sensitive Publications and Sensitive Periods
pp. 113-114(2)
Author: Chalmers, Beverley

Infant Sleep Position: A Randomized Clinical Trial of an Educational Intervention in the Maternity Ward in Porto Alegre, Brazil
pp. 115-121(7)
Authors: Issler, Roberto Mário Silveira; Marostica, Paulo José Cauduro; Giugliani, Elsa Regina Justo

Breastfeeding Rates and Hospital Breastfeeding Practices in Canada: A National Survey of Women
pp. 122-132(11)
Authors: Chalmers, Beverley; Levitt, Cheryl; Heaman, Maureen; O'Brien, Beverley; Sauve, Reg; Kaczorowski, Janusz

“It's All the Rage These Days”: University Students' Attitudes Toward Vaginal and Cesarean Birth
pp. 133-140(8)
Authors: Stoll, Kathrin; Fairbrother, Nichole; Carty, Elaine; Jordan, Nané; Miceli, Carole; Vostrcil, Yarra; Willihnganz, Laura

Confident Commitment Is a Key Factor for Sustained Breastfeeding
pp. 141-148(8)
Authors: Avery, Alexis; Zimmermann, Kristine; Underwood, Patricia W.; Magnus, Jeanette H.

An Emerging “Maternal Near-Miss Syndrome”: Narratives of Women Who Almost Died During Pregnancy and Childbirth
pp. 149-158(10)
Authors: Souza, Joao P.; Cecatti, Jose G.; Parpinelli, Mary A.; Krupa, Fabiana; Osis, Maria J. D.

Re-Conceptualizing the Hospital Labor Room: The PLACE (Pregnant and Laboring in an Ambient Clinical Environment) Pilot Trial
pp. 159-166(8)
Authors: Hodnett, Ellen D.; Stremler, Robyn; Weston, Julie A.; McKeever, Patricia

BirhStats: Rates of Cesarean Delivery, and Unassisted and Assisted Vaginal Delivery, United States, 1996, 2000, and 2006
pp. 167-167(1)

How Natural Can Major Surgery Really Be? A Critique of “The Natural Caesarean” Technique
pp. 168-170(3)
Authors: Newman, Lareen; Hancock, Heather

NEWS
pp. 171-172(2)

Understanding the Dangers of Cesarean Birth: Making Informed Decisions
pp. 173-175(3)
Author: Shearer, Elizabeth

Lady's Hands, Lion's Heart: A Midwife's Saga
pp. 174-175(2)
Author: Pincus, Jane

CALENDAR
pp. 176-176(1)