Pushed: The Painful Truth about Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care Block JenniferPaperback
Pushed: The Painful Truth about Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care Block JenniferPaperback "No woman who is pregnant, has been pregnant, or plans to be pregnant should set foot inside the office of…
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Pushed: The Painful Truth about Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care Block JenniferPaperback
"No woman who is pregnant, has been pregnant, or plans to be pregnant should set foot inside the office of her OB/GYN before reading this."--Women's Review of BooksA groundbreaking narrative investigation of childbirth in the age of machines, malpractice, and managed care, Pushed presents the complete picture of maternity care in America. 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? 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.
A wake-up call for our times, Block's Is that right being upheld?