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Block examines childbirth as a reproductive rights issues, exploring the implications of the assumption that routine C-sections, inductions, and epidurals equal medical progress. She argues that medical technology is being overused at the expense of maternal and fetal health.
A provocative and incisive analysis of medical intervention at childbirth-an experience that has become the American norm, even as women seek more choice

Produktbeschreibung
Block examines childbirth as a reproductive rights issues, exploring the implications of the assumption that routine C-sections, inductions, and epidurals equal medical progress. She argues that medical technology is being overused at the expense of maternal and fetal health.
A provocative and incisive analysis of medical intervention at childbirth-an experience that has become the American norm, even as women seek more choice
Autorenporträt
Jennifer Block is a former editor at Ms. Magazine and an editor of the revised Our Bodies, Ourselves. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Mother Jones, and Elle. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.