Pushed : the painful truth about childbirth and modern maternity care /

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Author / Creator:Block, Jennifer.
Edition:1st Da Capo Press ed.
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Lifelong, 2007.
Description:xix, 316 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Maternal health services -- United States.
Maternal health services -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Prenatal care -- United States.
Prenatal care -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Childbirth -- United States.
Natural childbirth -- United States.
Delivery, Obstetric -- adverse effects -- United States.
Delivery, Obstetric -- ethics -- United States.
Parturition -- psychology -- United States.
Pregnancy -- psychology -- United States.
Childbirth.
Maternal health services.
Natural childbirth.
Prenatal care.
Prenatal care -- Moral and ethical aspects.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6649448
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ISBN:9780738210735 (hbk.)
0738210730 (hbk.)
9780738211664 (softcover : alk. paper.)
0738211664 (softcover : alk. paper.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-300) and index.
Summary:An in-depth look at the medical care legislated and received by women giving birth in the United States explores the use of drugs to induce or prevent labor, the increasing trend toward cesarean sections, and women's right to choose the place and manner of birth.

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Call Number: RG652 .B56 2007
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