Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First by Wagner, Marsden
Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First by Wagner, Marsden

Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First

In this rare, behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in hospitals across the country, a longtime medical...
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Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First by Wagner, Marsden

Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First

CHF 65.20
Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First by Wagner, Marsden

Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First

CHF 65.20
Author: Marsden Wagner
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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In this rare, behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in hospitals across the country, a longtime medical insider and international authority on childbirth assesses the flawed American maternity care system, powerfully demonstrating how it fails to deliver safe, effective care for both mothers and babies. Written for mothers and fathers, obstetricians, nurses, midwives, scientists, insurance professionals, and anyone contemplating having a child, this passionate expos documents how, in the most expensive maternity care system in the world, women have lost control over childbirth and what the disturbing results of this phenomenon have been. Born in the USA examines issues including midwifery and the safety of out-of-hospital birth, how the process of becoming a doctor can adversely affect both practitioners and their patients, and why there has been a rise in the use of risky but doctor-friendly interventions, including the use of Cytotec, a drug that has not been approved by the FDA for pregnant women. Most importantly, this gripping investigation, supported by many troubling personal stories, explores how women can reclaim the childbirth experience for the betterment of themselves and their children.

Born in the USA tells:

* Why women are 70% more likely to die in childbirth in America than in Europe

* What motivates obstetricians to use dangerous and unnecessary drugs and procedures

* How the present malpractice crisis has been aggravated by the fear of accountability

* Why procedures such as cesarean section and birth inductions are so readily used

Author: Marsden Wagner
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 05/21/2008
Pages: 305
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.11w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780520256330

About the Author
Marsden Wagner, a physician and scientist, is a former Director of Women's and Children's Health at the World Health Organization and a recipient of an Alumnus of the Year Award from the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine. He is author of many books, including Pursuing the Birth Machine: The Search for Appropriate Birth Technology and Tough Choices: In Vitro Fertilization and the Reproductive Technologies.
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