false 607901 2 A provocative and incisive analysis of childbirth in the age of machines, malpractice, and managed care. <P> In the United States, more than half the women who give birth are given drugs to induce or speed up labor; for nearly a third of mothers, childbirth is major surgery - the cesarean section. For women who want an alternative, choice is often unavailable: Midwives are sometimes inaccessible; in eleven states they are illegal. In one of those states, even birthing centers are outlawed. <P> When did birth become an emergency instead of an emergence? Since when is normal, physiological birth a crime? <P> A groundbreaking journalistic narrative, <I>Pushed</I> presents the complete picture of maternity care in America. Crisscrossing the country to report what women really experience during childbirth, Jennifer Block witnessed several births - from a planned cesarean to an underground home birth. Against this backdrop, Block investigates whether routine C-sections, inductions, and epidurals equal medical progress. She examines childbirth as a reproductive rights issue: Do women have the right to an optimal birth experience? If so, is that right being upheld? <P> Block's research and experience reveal in vivid detail that while emergency obstetric care is essential, there is compelling evidence that we are overusing medical technology at the expense of maternal and infant health: Either women's bodies are failing, or the system is failing women. 3302655 4 6 2007 Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care total:423|5:218|4:132|3:56|2:13|1:4| 423 1816 780 167 5 5 false false Wed Feb 20 04:17:08 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 05:16:31 -0800 2008
Block makes a convincing case that protocol on labor and delivery wards are driven not by what is best for individual women, but by fear of litigation. The stories that made me the saddest were those about w...more...]]> 5 6 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 10:24:47 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 06:24:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 4 false false Thu Aug 28 09:47:05 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 09:19:43 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 09:47:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 09:23:15 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 10 04:34:42 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 20:09:46 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 10:58:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 4 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 05:50:12 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 05:56:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 05:41:57 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 05:42:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 11:43:15 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 11:54:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Oct 10 16:07:43 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 10 11:28:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 05 09:38:34 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 15 14:47:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 17:49:39 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 18:48:19 -0800 2008
"As the sociol...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 14:00:46 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 26 18:18:01 -0700 2009
What's the difference between this book and the gazillion other books about childbirth out there? For one, it's the documentati...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 19:23:09 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 16:29:00 -0800 2008 Pushed is a well-researched and stunning look at modern modernity care and women’s lack of control over the way they give birth. The introduction is stunning and beautiful. It is short and carries through the rest of the book. The first chapter looks at women in hospitals, the machines and the...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 03:42:15 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 03:57:51 -0700 2007
It is too often that women's bodies are hijacked by doctors, nurses, and hospitals because they want the woman to give birth on their schedule, and also ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 28 17:54:47 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 11 21:04:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 18:06:02 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 19:42:31 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 15:33:33 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 15:33:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 11:51:10 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 12:29:31 -0700 2008
okay so any book like this has an agenda...Block's agenda jus...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 13 05:16:22 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 05:39:53 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 10:13:43 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 10:33:53 -0700 2009 more...]]>