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Cut it out : the C-section epidemic in America / Theresa Morris.

By: Morris, Theresa, 1956-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : New York University Press, [2013]Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-232) and index.Description: x, 244 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780814764114 (cl : alk. paper); 0814764118 (cl : alk. paper).Subject(s): Cesarean section | Cesarean section -- Prevention | Surgical indications | Women -- Health and hygieneDDC classification: 618.8/6
Contents:
The Root of the Problem.The liability threat in obstetrics. -- Control Systems Embedded in Hospitals. The tyranny of the rules ; Too much information: how technology raises the stakes. -- The Effects of Organizational Constraints. The big kahuna: repeat c-sections ; Women's lack of choice in labor and birth. -- A roadmap for change.
Summary: A careful examinaion, based on 130 interviews with women who had just given birth, obstetricians, midwives, and labor and delivery nurses, this book provides a comprehensive look at C-Sections and the growing epidemic that greatly affects a woman's life, health, and family.
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Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 618.86 M834 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284003488947

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-232) and index.

The Root of the Problem.The liability threat in obstetrics. -- Control Systems Embedded in Hospitals. The tyranny of the rules ; Too much information: how technology raises the stakes. -- The Effects of Organizational Constraints. The big kahuna: repeat c-sections ; Women's lack of choice in labor and birth. -- A roadmap for change.

A careful examinaion, based on 130 interviews with women who had just given birth, obstetricians, midwives, and labor and delivery nurses, this book provides a comprehensive look at C-Sections and the growing epidemic that greatly affects a woman's life, health, and family.

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