TY - JOUR
AU - Sigurbðrdóttir, Esther
AB - BOOK REVIEW Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 1993; 12: 12 Polden M, Mantle J. Physiotherapy in Obstetrics Problems facing women in the western world are and Gynaecology Oxford: Butterworth-Heine- put into the perspective of women elsewhere. The mann. 1990. diversity of antenatal care needs is stressed: ‘rigid- ity and routine are anachronistic’. The description Physiotherapists have assumed an increasing r61e of antenatal care is, alas, very British oriented. in not only treating musculosceletal ailments in Much of the discussion on relieving various forms pregnancy, but also evaluating and treating women of back-pain, particularly when severe, we found with cancer and continence problems and taking superficial and non-structured for a textbook. part in the care of the ill neonate. With 15-20% of There is extended discussion describing aspects of women experiencing back pain, frequently to the care traditionally dealt with by midwives and not point of being unable to move, and with a sizeable physiotherapists. Likewise on pp. 305-14 there is proportion of the older female population suffering a list of conditions of relevance to the physiothera- the agony of incontinence, physiotherapists’ scope pist, which leaves a doctor wondering what is not. for gainful activity is large indeed and also under- 
TI - Polden M, Mantle J. Physiotherapy in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Oxford: Butterworth‐Heinemann. 1990
JF - Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica
DO - 10.3109/00016349309013359
DA - 1993-01-01
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SP - 72
EP - 72
VL - 72
IS - 1
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