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Hypnosis in labor

D Glick

    Canadian Family Physician Medecin De Famille Canadien
    |May 15, 2010
    PubMed

    The pregnant woman who appears at the doctor's office is not only someone with a condition that will deliver in nine months, but has a specific psyche relating to her condition, to her doctor and to her environment.During the prenatal period the patient has the chance, if allowed, to set up a rapport with, and trust in, her doctor which if encouraged will allow for freer and easier communication both before, during and after labor. It is with the knowledge of this communication and its use, while the patient is in the hypnotic state, that the doctor may help his patients achieve therapeutic goals. Great care should be used in the choice of words in communicating with potential aborters, and women subject to premature labor. In many instances, the family physician is the ideal specialist since he can detect emotional disorders at the earliest time. Frequently, he can incorporate psychotherapeutic treatment into medical treatment.Hypnosis allows the physician to apply the science of communication to achieve therapeutic goals desired by the patient. Some diagnostic and therapeutic uses of hypnosis and communication in obstetrics have been presented.

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