Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care For Kindle
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Paperback. Pub Date: 2008. Pages: 344 in Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc. A groundeaking narrative investigation of childbirth in the age of machines. Malpractice and managed care. Pushed presents 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. Pushed surveys the public health impact of routine labor inductions . C-sections. and epidurals. but also examines childbirth as a womens rights issue: Do women even have the right to choose a normal birth Is that right being upheld A wake-up call for our times. Blocks gripping research reveals that while emergency obstetric care is essential. we are overusing medical technology at the expense of maternal and infant health.
Paperback. Pub Date: 2008. Pages: 344 in Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc. A groundeaking narrative investigation of childbirth in the age of machines. Malpractice and managed care. Pushed presents 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. Pushed surveys the public health impact of routine labor inductions . C-sections. and epidurals. but also examines childbirth as a womens rights issue: Do women even have the right to choose a normal birth Is that right being upheld A wake-up call for our times. Blocks gripping research reveals that while emergency obstetric care is essential. we are overusing medical technology at the expense of maternal and infant health.