ARCHIMETRA 07

LUGLIO 2024

RIFERIMENTI BIBLIOGRAFICI

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La placenta umana

Aspetti clinici e simbolici delle radici della nascita

ARCHIMETRA 07
LUGLIO 2024

BIBLIOGRAFIA

Placenta e sistema nervoso materno
Del perché la Midwifery Care è placenta ally
Anna Maria Rossetti, ostetrica
(Pagina 4)
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I trimestri della placenta
Osservazione PNEI della salute placentare
Chiara Pizzi, ostetrica
(Pagina 12)
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Appunti Corso Biennale “La continuità dall’assistenza” condotto da Verena Schmid

Radici paterne
Il ruolo del padre nel generare una placenta sana
Anna Maria Rossetti, ostetrica
(Pagina 17)
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Archetipi placentari
Il viaggio della placenta umana attraverso la metafora degli elementi
Francesca Lama, ostetrica
(Pagina 23)
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Stress e placenta
La maternità in equilibrio tra eustress e risorse interiori

Enrica Schiatti, ostetrica

(Pagina 29)

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Il cervello della nascita
Placenta organo di avvio e posticipo del travaglio
Silvia Garelli, ostetrica
(Pagina 34)

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Pattern di travaglio modificati dalla placenta
Come la placenta protegge dall’ipossia cerebrale fetale durante il travaglio e il parto
Anna Maria Rossetti, ostetrica
(Pagina 37)
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Non percepire la placenta come parte del bambino, un errore medico
Filomena Verde, ostetrica
(Pagina 39)
Sitografia
https://www.sarawickham.com/research-updates/more-than-clinical-waste-placental-rituals-among-australian-home-birthing-women/;
https://www.sarawickham.com/information-updates/the-myth-of-the-aging-placenta/;
https://www.sarawickham.com/riffing-ranting-and-raving/what-i-knew-about-placental-birth-that-my-obstetrician-friend-didnt/;
https://midwifethinking.com/2016/04/13/the-placenta-essential-resuscitation-equipment/

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La transizione placentarmente assistita
Da feto a neonato con il supporto della placenta
Lucia Branchini, ostetrica
(Pagina 42)

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Rimedi placentari
Un viaggio nelle risorse per l’autotrattamento
Ester Botteri, antropologa
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La rimozione sistemica della placenta
Modello maschile di assistenza alla nascita
Alessandra Bortolotti, psicologa perinatale
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La placenta tra simboli e rituali

Patrizia Quattrocchi, antropologa
(Pagina 54)
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