Cut It Out : The C-Section Epidemic in America /

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Examines the exponential increase in the United States of the most technological form of birth that exists -- the cesarean section -- and challenges most existing explanations of this unprecedented rise, arguing that there is a new culture within medicine that avoids risk or unpredictable outcomes a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morris, Theresa, 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women > Health and hygiene.
Surgical indications.
Cesarean section > Prevention.
Cesarean section.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
MEDICAL > Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Indications (Chirurgie)
Cesarienne > Prevention.
Cesarienne.
Cesarean Section
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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