Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First
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...
Search in google:
"Dr. Wagner depicts the state of obstetrical care in the United States with clarity and accuracy. He is clearly an 'insider' who has the courage to tell the truth about how our love affair with birth technology adversely affects both mothers and babies. Importantly, he outlines a path toward much-needed change. Born in the USA should be 'must' reading, not only for all pregnant women, but also for all ob/gyn physicians, hospital personnel, and those who make public policy. Dr. Wagner has done all of us a great service with this book."—Christiane Northrup, MD, author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom
Preface viiMaternity Care in Crisis: Where Are the Doctors? 1Tribal Obstetrics 13Choose and Lose: Promoting Cesarean Section and Other Invasive Interventions 37Forced Labor: Induction or Seduction 70Hunting Witches: Midwifery in America 99Where to Be Born: Here Come the Obstetric Police 126Rights and Wrongs: The "Malpractice Crisis," Legal Protections for Pregnant Women, and Regulation by Litigation 152Vision of a Better Way to Be Born 182How to Get Where We Need to Be 212Notes 251Index 283
