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Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First
by Marsden Wagner
Product Group: Book
Publisher: University of California Press (2006-11-01)
ISBN: 0520245962
EAN: 9780520245969
Dewy Decimal #: 362.198200973
Hardcover: 305 pages
Edition: 1
SKU: 08080237
Condition: Like New Like New
Comments: Hardcover. Like new cover and text. Like new dust jacket with very minor shelfwear. Near Fine condition. Beautiful book.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
In 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
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Customer Reviews
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A must read for all!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-09-19
The most insightful book about the state of maternity care, backed up 100% with studies and references that are rock solid. I would recommend this book to anyone associated with maternity care, and that includes moms and moms to be!! Marsden Wagner is on a mission to open the eyes of those who assist women (and more often than not rob women and babies of the kind of birth experience they deserve) and women on the whole to the kind of sad state our maternity system is in. More importantly he talks about how we can fix it, and how each person has the power to do so if we just take charge of our own outcomes. If I had to pick one book to recommend to people to read about this subject, this book would be it, hands down!
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Really enjoyed this book
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-06-09
I believe Dr. Wagner is extremely fair in his criticisms about what works and what doesn't in American maternity practices. This book is well written and effective.
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MUST READ for anyone who cares about birth in the US
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-06-04
This is the best book I have read on the US maternity care system. It should be read by all expecting parents, and everyone who cares about childbirth.
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A real eye opener and must read!
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-05-10
I was well aware of much of the information in this book already, however, the way Marsden Wagner presents it and sites EVERYTHING with factual information, sources and statistic is just amazing! I had to actually stop reading it half way through because I was so upset. The stories that are retold here mimic many stories my own friends and family have endured, and it's enraging!
However, this book is such an important book to read as America is greatly regressing in birth. We are failing. We are failing women. We are failing babies and this book will tell you WHY.
One warning and that is that Marsden Wagner sort "rambles" in this book. It appears as if he's trying to make sure he's being extremely clear, and therefore spends a lot of time explaining what he's saying. At least, that's how I felt while reading it. Other than that, and amazing book and must buy!!
"Hiring a highly trained obstetrician to attend a normal birth is analogous to having a pediatric surgeon babysit a healthy toddler".
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Should Be Standard Issue
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-03-10
I wish that moms could get this in their hands before they are of childbearing age. The more women understand why things happen in hospitals (meaning, the parts that have so little to do with their care and everything to do with protecting the interests of the care providers), all the better to make changes, to vote with their feet as they say, etc. This book is a wakeup call to hospitals, doctors and parents-to-be. The time has come to make some changes, but it won't happen until it is demanded.
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