LEADER 04015oam 2200649K 450 001 9910822253003321 005 20240418133517.0 010 $a0-262-33081-4 010 $a0-262-33080-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000470812 035 $a(EBL)4093094 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001544905 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16133972 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001544905 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14456937 035 $a(PQKB)10859156 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4093094 035 $a(OCoLC)919720037$z(OCoLC)959329238 035 $a(OCoLC-P)919720037 035 $a(MaCbMITP)10389 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4093094 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11119527 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL828144 035 $a(OCoLC)919720037 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000470812 100 $a20150903d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPreterm babies, fetal patients, and childbearing choices /$fJohn D. Lantos and Diane S. Lauderdale 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cThe MIT Press,$d[2015] 215 $a1 online resource (230 p.) 225 1 $aBasic bioethics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-262-02959-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Two Narratives about Pregnancy in the Twentieth Century; 2 Individual Decisions: A 34-Year-Old Pregnant Woman at 36 Weeks; 3 Stillbirth; 4 Late Preterm Birth; 5 Are There Too Many C-sections?; 6 Feminist Critiques of Obstetrics; 7 The Debate about Home Birth; 8 Are C-sections Good for Women (and Babies, Too)?; 9 The Fetus Becomes a Patient; 10 The Pill (and Delayed Childbearing); 11 The Changing Demography of Childbearing; 12 Maternal Age, Multiple Pregnancies, and Preterm Birth; 13 Maternal Age and Infertility 327 $a14 Changing Demography and Preterm Birth Rates 15 Your Fetus Becomes a Baby; 16 A Defense of Modern Obstetrics; 17 Neonatal Intensive Care and Infant Mortality; 18 The Evolution of Prenatal Care; 19 International Comparisons; 20 The Paradox of Modern Prenatal Care; 21 Conclusions; Notes; Index; Basic Bioethics Series List 330 $aThe United States has one of the highest rates of premature birth of any industrialized nation: 11.5%, nearly twice the rate of many European countries. In this book, John Lantos and Diane Lauderdale examine why the rate of preterm birth in the United States remains high--even though more women have access to prenatal care now than three decades ago. They also analyze a puzzling paradox: why, even as the rate of preterm birth rose through the 1990s and early 2000s, the rate of infant mortality steadily decreased. Lantos and Lauderdale explore both the medical practices that might give rise to these trends as well as some of the demographic changes that have occurred over these years. American women now delay childbearing, for example, and have fewer babies. Doctors are better able to monitor fetal health and well-being. Prenatal care has changed, no longer focusing solely on the health of the pregnant woman. Today, the fetus has become a patient, and many preterm births are medically induced because of concern for the well-being of the fetus. Preterm birth is no longer synonymous with a bad outcome. Sometimes, it is necessary for a good one. --$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aBasic bioethics. 606 $aPremature labor$zUnited States 606 $aPremature infants$zUnited States 610 $aPHILOSOPHY/Ethics & Bioethics 615 0$aPremature labor 615 0$aPremature infants 676 $a618.3/97 700 $aLantos$b John D.$0729874 702 $aLauderdale$b Diane S.$f1955- 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822253003321 996 $aPreterm babies, fetal patients, and childbearing choices$94009002 997 $aUNINA