Pushed: The Painful Truth About... by Jennifer Block

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A provocative and incisive analysis of childbirth in the age of machines, malpractice, and managed care. 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... read more

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 1, 2007
ISBN: 0738210730
Page Count: 336

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Dewey: 362.1982

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Books › Health, Mind & Body › Personal Health › Women's Health › Pregnancy & Childbirth
Books › Nonfiction › Politics
Books › Medicine

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Pushed (2007) (edit title/settings)

The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care

by Jennifer Block (Author) (edit contributors)