Cut It Out : : The C-Section Epidemic in America / / Theresa Morris.
Cut It Out examines the exponential increase in the United States of the most technological form of birth that exists: the cesarean section. While c-section births pose a higher risk of maternal death and medical complications, can have negative future reproductive consequences for the mother, incre...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 5 black and white illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART I. The Root of the Problem
- 1. The Liability Threat in Obstetrics
- PART II. Control Systems Embedded in Hospitals
- 2. The Tyranny of the Rules
- 3. Too Much Information
- PART III. The Effects of Organizational Constraints
- 4. The Big Kahuna
- 5. Women’s Lack of Choice in Labor and Birth
- Conclusion
- Methods Appendix
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Author