Bibliograph

Born in the USA, how a broken maternity system must be fixed to put mothers and infants first, Marsden Wagner

Type

Label

Born in the USA, how a broken maternity system must be fixed to put mothers and infants first, Marsden Wagner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-282) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Born in the USA

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

69792126

Responsibility statement

Marsden Wagner

Review

"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, 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 book 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

Sub title

how a broken maternity system must be fixed to put mothers and infants first

Summary

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 investigation, supported by many troubling personal stories, explores how women can reclaim the childbirth experience for the betterment of themselves and their children."--Jacket

Table Of Contents

Maternity care in crisis : where are the doctors? -- Tribal obstetrics -- Choose and lose : promoting cesarean section and other invasive interventions -- Forced labor : induction or seduction-- Hunting witches : midwifery in America -- Where to be born : here come the obstetric police -- Rights and wrongs : the "malpractice crisis," legal protections for pregnant women, and regulation by litigation -- Vision of a better way to be born -- How to get where we need to be

Classification