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Cut It Out: The C-Section Epidemic in America

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Description for Cut It Out: The C-Section Epidemic in America Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHB; MJTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.

Cut It Out examines the exponential increase in the United States of the most technological form of birth that exists: the cesarean section.
While c-section births pose a higher risk of maternal death and medical complications, can have negative future reproductive consequences for the mother, increase the recovery time for mothers after birth, and cost almost twice as much as vaginal deliveries, the 2011 cesarean section rate of 33 percent is one of the highest recorded rates in U.S. history, and an increase of 50 percent over the past decade. Further, once a woman gives birth by c-section, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814764121
SKU
V9780814764121
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Ref
99-50

About Theresa Morris
Theresa Morris is Associate Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University, where she teaches courses on Organizations, Gender, Reproduction, and Research Methods.She is the author of Cut It Out: The Cesarean Section Epidemic in America (NYU Press, 2013).

Reviews for Cut It Out: The C-Section Epidemic in America
"By looking at the power structures of the medical, legal, and professional organizations involved, the politics that devalue women, the organizational arrangements and protocols of hospitals, and the professional standards used in medicine and the insurance industry, she discovers a culture that avoids risk and encourages planning to avoid adverse outcomes...A useful addition to health sciences and academic library collections." ... Read more

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