Dr. Joel Evans doesn't believe pregnant women should be passive, compliant patients, who simply listen to everything their health care providers tell them to do for nine months. He believes women—and their partners—should be active participants in the whole pregnancy, from conception to prenatal care to childbirth to postpartum care. That's why he wrote The Whole Pregnancy Handbook: An Obstetrician's Guide to Integrating Conventional and Alternative Medicine Before, During and After Pregnancy with Robin Aronson.