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After an angry confrontation with his son on a hiking tripintended to restore their relationship, Scott Sanders realizes thathis own despair has darkened his son's world. In Hunting forHope he sets out to gather his own reasons for facing thefuture with hope, finding powers of healing in nature, in culture,in community, in spirit, and within each of us.

Product Details 基本信息 ISBN-13 书号 9780738215068 Author 作者 Klaus, Marshall H. Pages Number 页数 249页 Publisher 出版社 Da Capo Lifelong Books Publication Date 出版日期 2012年04月03日 Product Dimensions 商品尺寸 2.03x1.52x1.52 cm Shipping Weight 商品重量 430g Language 语种 ENG Book Contents 内容简介 For an entire generation of new parents, this warm, expert work has become the standard guide to the shortest, easiest, and healthiest childbirth. Now a thoroughly updated and revised edition offers new research showing how labor support reduces the rate of cesarean sections, length of labor, need for pain medicine, and number of episiotomies. New material also demonstrates the positive effects of having a doula on mother-infant bonding, how relatives or friends can be trained in labor support, and how hypnosis is used to ease and sho

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