Formation | 1960 |
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Founders |
Elisabeth Bing Marjorie Karmel |
Type | Non-profit organization |
Purpose | promoting the Lamaze technique of natural childbirth |
Website |
www |
Formerly called | American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics (ASPO) |
Lamaze International, formerly the American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics or ASPO, is an organization dedicated to promoting the Lamaze technique of natural childbirth. [1] It was co-founded in 1960 by Elisabeth Bing and Marjorie Karmel. [2]