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Books : Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity CareIn association with Amazon.comby: Jennifer Block  List Price: $16.00 Amazon.com's Price: $11.68 You Save: $4.32 (27%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 362.1982 EAN: 9780738211664 ISBN: 0738211664 Label: Da Capo Press Manufacturer: Da Capo Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: April 07, 2008 Publisher: Da Capo Press Studio: Da Capo Press Sales Rank: 11361 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: A groundbreaking 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 labor 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. Average Rating:
 Rating: - and I'm pro-technology!I am the least crunchy person on the planet, but this book (among other things) convinced me to do what I could to go natural. PROS: 1) The book accurately describes the infantilization of women in the OB office. I had a hard time believing this was accurate when I was reading the book, but meeting with the doctors was totally humiliating and horrible. MANY if not most treat you like a) an idiot with no reasoning facilities, b) a vessel for your baby and c) an obstacle. Be prepared. ... Read More Rating: - Incredibly readable, well documented research bookExcellent review of current stats on maternity care in the US. Filled with research, yet it is an easy read. Every woman in America needs to read this book before making a decision on where and with whom she'll have her baby. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!! Rating: - You'll Probably Never Go To A Hospital Again After Reading This"Pushed" is an alarming compilation of statistics and personal interviews about the status of birth in the United States. While the author does sensationalize some things to try to hit the point home, we see clearly here, how sick our birthing industry has become. The author points to threats of lawsuits and increasing insurance concerns that is driving the trend for more risky cesarean births in place of normal births. Certainly cesarean has its place in special situations, but more and more it has become ... Read More Rating: - All Women Must Read this!!!This book was well researched and extremely well written. I love how the author presents a history in the hospitalization of modern birth and the detrimental effects. Why is modern medicine treating birth as an illness and not the normal physiological process that it is??? She also alludes to how birth violence equates to the oppression of women and ponders why none of the birth rights organizations are not interested in actual birth rights. They are only concerned with abortion rights, which seems counter ... Read More Rating: - ImportantIf you're pregnant and can only read one book about childbirth, it should be this one. Written in an engaging but pragmatic journalistic style, this is a fabulously researched look at what has gone wrong in hospital delivery rooms, leading to a 33 percent C-section rate in America today. Browse for similar items by category:
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