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Author:

Wagner, Marsden, 1930-

Title:

Born in the USA : how a broken maternity system must be fixed to put mothers and infants first / Marsden Wagner.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

ix, 295 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Obstetrics--United States.
Childbirth--United States.
Maternal health services--United States.
Midwifery--United States.
Maternal Health Services--United States.
Delivery, Obstetric--United States.
Midwifery--United States.
Obstetrics--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-282) and index.

Contents:

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

ISBN:

0520245962 (hbk.)
9780520245969 (hbk.)
9780520245969 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520245962 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006018090

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)