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"In the 19th century, women rarely study medicine. This means that Nora Beady, the only woman in her medical school, constantly feels like an outsider. And when she is chosen to work with the only female professor to develop the caesarian section, Nora draws the wrath of her male peers and professors. It's a dangerous-and divisive-procedure that could save countless lives and revolutionize women's health. But most doctors think it's too risky, many...
Publisher
The Experiment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Alongside their personal stories, the writers--decorated novelists, poets, and essayists--address the history of the C-section as well as its risks, social inequities, impact on the body, and psychological aftermath. My Caesarean is a heartfelt meditation, offering much-needed comfort through shared experience. --Publisher
Publisher
ICAN, International Cesarean Awareness Network
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Just in time to correlate with the sobering news of the ever-rising cesarean rate released by The Centers for Disease Control today, we offer this excerpt of a review from CfM Board member Carolyn Keefe of the book Cesarean Voices, published by the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN). This book answers the question, "what's so bad about having a cesarean." Birth advocates and professionals need to read Cesarean Voices as it will give them...
Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Examines the exponential increase in the United States of the most technological form of birth that exists{u2014}the cesarean section{u2014}and challenges most existing explanations of this unprecedented rise, arguing that there is a new culture within medicine that avoids risk or unpredictable outcomes and instead embraces planning and conservative choices, all in an effort to have perfect births.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Flat-lining for thirty-seven seconds after giving birth to her second child, the author, after remaining unconscious for more than two days and spending weeks in recovery, recounts details of her experience.--
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