Frederick Leboyer (1918–2017)
Auteur de Birth without violence
A propos de l'auteur
Frédérick Leboyer was born Alfred Lazare Levy in Paris, France on November 1, 1918. He graduated from the University of Paris School of Medicine. During World War II, he and his older brother changed their name to Leboyer to avoid detection as Jews by the occupying Nazis. After the war, he worked afficher plus in a hospital and then opened a private practice. He began questioning modern obstetrics in the late 1950s and became an advocate for natural birth methods. His book, Birth Without Violence, was published in 1974. He stopped practicing medicine and dedicated himself to photography and film. He wrote several books including Loving Hands and Inner Beauty, Inner Light. He died on May 25, 2017 at the age of 98. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Frederick Leboyer
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Leboyer, Frederick
- Autres noms
- Levy, Alfred Lazare (birth name)
- Date de naissance
- 1918-11-01
- Date de décès
- 2017-05-25
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- France
- Lieu de naissance
- Paris, France
- Lieu du décès
- Vens, Switzerland
- Études
- University of Paris
- Professions
- obstetrician
Membres
Critiques
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- Œuvres
- 15
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 433
- Popularité
- #56,454
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 8
- ISBN
- 71
- Langues
- 11
- Favoris
- 1