{"product_id":"freestanding-birth-centers-linda-cole-9780826125897","title":"Freestanding Birth Centers: Innovation, Evidence, Optimal Outcomes","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten for graduate students and professionals in the fields of midwifery, women's health, and public health, this book explores the freestanding birth center model in the United States from its conception by pioneering midwives and others in the early 1970s through the present day. Compared to the hospital-based birth model, the freestanding birth center offers a better documented, healthier, more cost-effective, and more humane way to care for women and newborns, consistent with the goals of health care legislation. This rapidly expanding model of care has many positive implications for high-quality, individualized care and birth outcomes across the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by U.S. leaders in midwifery, \u003ci\u003eFreestanding Birth Centers: Innovation, Evidence, Optimal Outcomes\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive guide to the evolving role of birth centers, clinical and cost outcomes, regulatory and legal issues, provider and accreditation issues, and the future of the birth center model. Woven throughout the text are descriptions of \"exemplar\" birth centers, representing diverse geographical, business, and service models. These cases illustrate the possibilities for expansion and replication of this model of care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides a thorough history of the birth center movement from its inception through future expansion of the model\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eServes as an essential resource with up-to-date evidence on clinical and cost outcomes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes case studies linking the unique service focus of individual birth centers to the associated sections of the book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides practical and comprehensive coverage of all issues involved in implementing and operating a U.S. birth center\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Cole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826125891\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826125897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.26w x 0.99d","brand":"Linda Cole","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995620933887,"sku":"9780826125897","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_604c88a2-e843-4523-bc91-b14a157e4585.jpg?v=1683336849","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/freestanding-birth-centers-linda-cole-9780826125897","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}