Pushed The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care
Pushed The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care
- ISBN 13:
9780738211664
- ISBN 10:
0738211664
- Edition: Reprint
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 04/08/2008
- Publisher: Da Capo Press
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Summary
A groundbreaking narrative investigation of childbirth in the age of machines, malpractice, and managed care,Pushedpresents the complete picture of maternity care in America. From inside the operating room of a hospital with a 44% Cesarean rate to the living room floor of a woman who gives birth with an illegal midwife, Block exposes a system in which few women have an optimal experience.Pushedsurveys the public health impact of routine labor inductions, C-sections, and epidurals, but also examines childbirth as a women's rights issue: Do women even have theright to choosea normal birth? Is that right being upheld? A wake-up call for our times, Block's gripping research reveals that while emergency obstetric care is essential, we are overusing medical technology at the expense of maternal and infant health.