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american birth culture
american birth politics
Author_Jennifer Block
birth politics
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childbirth
childbirth doula
childbirth health insurance
childbirth malpractice
childbirth midwife
delivery
drug free birth
episiotomy
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midwife assisted birth
midwifery
modern pregnancy practice
natural birth
natural maternity care
natural pregnancy care
obstetrics
pregnancy
us birth culture
VBAC delivery
womens health
womens rights
Product details
- ISBN 9780738211664
- Weight: 398g
- Dimensions: 149 x 227mm
- Publication Date: 08 Apr 2008
- Publisher: Hachette Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A ground-breaking 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 labour inductions, C-sections, and epidurals, but also examines childbirth as a women's 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, 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.
Jennifer Block is a former editor at Ms. Magazine and an editor of the revised Our Bodies, Ourselves. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Mother Jones, and Elle. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
