Cut It Out: The C-Section Epidemic in America - Softcover

Morris, Theresa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814764126 ISBN 13: 9780814764121

Publisher: NYU Press, 2016

Synopsis

Thoughtful and engaging study. Beth Mintz, author of The Power Structure of American Business

A must-read not only for women s health advocates and scholars of reproduction, but also for those engaged in health care policy. Susan Markens, author of Surrogate Motherhood and The Politics of Reproduction

Morris takes you inside... with a critical eye as well as a compassionate ear. Jennifer Block, author of Pushed

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Review:

Theresa Morris calls the C-section epidemic a paradox: doctors don't like it, women don't like it, and we know it's a danger to our health. Yet like a bad habit, we can't seem to stop doing more and more cesareans. Why? Morris demystifies the paradox in clear, accessible terms: rather than patient choice or doctors' convenience, it is our systems and institutions driving this addictive behavior. Morris takes you inside those systems and institutions with a critical eye as well as a compassionate ear for the human beings caught in them, and offers concrete solutions to address this major threat to women's and babies' health. - --Jennifer Block, author of Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care"

"In this thoughtful and engaging study, Morris demonstrates how hospitals, insurers, and professional societies have defined cesarean surgery as best practice, even when it is not in the interest of either the mother or her baby. In doing so, she illustrates the importance of organizational context in understanding contemporary medical procedures underscoring how these processes are not necessarily good for patients." - --Beth Mintz, author of The Power Structure of American Business

About the Author:

Theresa Morris is Associate Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M. She is the mother of two children, the first born by c-section and the second by vaginal delivery.

About this edition

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0814764126
• ISBN 13: 9780814764121
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 255