Cesarean Section An American History of Risk, Technology, and Consequence |
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| Author:
| Wolf, Jacqueline H. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-2552-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2018 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $52.00 |
Book Description:
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Between 1965 and 1987, the cesarean section rate in the United States rose precipitously'from 4.5 percent to 25 percent of births. By 2009, one in three births was by cesarean, a far higher number than the 5GÇô10% rate that the World Health Organization suggests is optimal. While physicians largely avoided cesareans through the mid-twentieth ......
Between 1965 and 1987, the cesarean section rate in the United States rose precipitously'from 4.5 percent to 25 percent of births. By 2009, one in three births was by cesarean, a far higher number than the 5GÇô10% rate that the World Health Organization suggests is optimal. While physicians largely avoided cesareans through the mid-twentieth ......