LEADER 05209nam 2201081Ia 450 001 9910778468903321 005 20230828230915.0 010 $a1-282-36059-0 010 $a9786612360596 010 $a0-520-94174-8 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520941748 035 $a(CKB)1000000000800072 035 $a(EBL)470994 035 $a(OCoLC)609850142 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000290277 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11215327 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290277 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10409848 035 $a(PQKB)11226422 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC470994 035 $a(DE-B1597)520234 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520941748 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL470994 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10675735 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL236059 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000800072 100 $a20080103d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBorn in the USA$b[electronic resource] $ehow a broken maternity system must be fixed to put mothers and infants first /$fMarsden Wagner 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (307 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-25633-6 311 $a0-520-24596-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-282) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. Maternity Care In Crisis: Where Are The Doctors? --$t2. Tribal Obstetrics --$t3. Choose And Lose: Promoting Cesarean Section And Other Invasive Interventions --$t4. Forced Labor: Induction Or Seduction --$t5. Hunting Witches: Midwifery In America --$t6. Where To Be Born: Here Come The Obstetric Police --$t7. Rights And Wrongs: The "Malpractice Crisis," Legal Protections For Pregnant Women, And Regulation By Litigation --$t8. Vision Of A Better Way To Be Born --$t9. How To Get Where We Need To Be --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aIn 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, powerfully 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 passionate exposé 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. 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 gripping investigation, supported by many troubling personal stories, explores how women can reclaim the childbirth experience for the betterment of themselves and their children. Born in the USA tells:* Why women are 70% more likely to die in childbirth in America than in Europe* What motivates obstetricians to use dangerous and unnecessary drugs and procedures* How the present malpractice crisis has been aggravated by the fear of accountability* Why procedures such as cesarean section and birth inductions are so readily used 606 $aObstetrics$zUnited States 606 $aChildbirth$zUnited States 606 $aMaternal health services$zUnited States 606 $aMidwifery$zUnited States 610 $aamerican healthcare. 610 $aamerican maternity care system. 610 $abirth inductions. 610 $aborn. 610 $acesarean section. 610 $achildbirth. 610 $acytotec. 610 $adelivery. 610 $adoctors. 610 $adrug. 610 $aeffective care. 610 $afamily. 610 $aforced labor. 610 $agiving birth. 610 $ahaving a baby. 610 $ahospitals. 610 $ainsurance. 610 $ainvasive interventions. 610 $alegal protections. 610 $amalpractice crisis. 610 $amaternity care. 610 $amedical. 610 $amidwifery. 610 $amotherhood. 610 $amothers and babies. 610 $amothers. 610 $anursing. 610 $aobstetricians. 610 $aout of hospital births. 610 $apregnancy. 610 $apregnant women. 610 $areproduction. 610 $areproductive politics. 610 $atribal obstetrics. 610 $aunited states of america. 615 0$aObstetrics 615 0$aChildbirth 615 0$aMaternal health services 615 0$aMidwifery 676 $a362.198/200973 700 $aWagner$b Marsden$f1930-$01547677 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778468903321 996 $aBorn in the USA$93804173 997 $aUNINA