Doula Programs

by Paulina Pérez

Doula How to Start and Run a Private or Hospital Based Program with Success! contains everything you need to know to help facilitate the kind of labor support program that results in joyous birth experiences that help maximize a child's potential for a healthy and productive life. Whether you are a hospital administrator, physician, nurse, doula, midwife, pregnant woman, or interested community member, you will find in these pages exactly what you need to know and do to help support and empower the health and creative potential of laboring women and their babies.

190 pages, Paperback

First published April 11, 1998

About the author

Polly is an internationally known nurse,author and public speaker. Polly is the author of numerous books which include Special Women: The Role of the Professional Labor Assistant, The Nurturing Touch at Birth: A Labor Support Handbook, Doula Programs: How to Start and Run a Private or Hospital-Based Program with Success!, Birth Balls: The Use of Physical Therapy Balls in Maternity Care and Brain Attack: Danger, Chaos, Opportunity and Empowerment.Polly lectures on many perinatal health care issues & focuses on motivating and empowering them.