Born in the USA : : how a Broken Maternity System Must be Fixed to put Mothers and Children First

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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.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Interesting and partially convincing submitted by marielle on June 26, 2011, 11:55am This book condemns the U.S. maternity healthcare system. And unlike a plethora of books and movies saying the same thing, this was written by someone with credentials. Consequently the book itself is less "be one with the Earth mother" and more data and evidence, which I appreciated.

That said, I would have appreciated a more balanced approach. Like many people with a bone to pick with hospital births, Marsden ignores any evidence that doesn't support his viewpoint. This, for me, makes the rest of his analysis suspect.

For instance, the rallying cry from this book is that the U.S. has a rather high infant mortality rate. But it's doubtful that the particular things Marsden condemns- epidural, labor induction, etc- are responsible for any major portion of that.

Still, this book is worth reading and very interesting.

book submitted by dekeyzerj on July 15, 2011, 10:13am cute