Preterm babies, fetal patients, and childbearing choices

Preterm babies, fetal patients, and childbearing choices / John D. Lantos and Diane S. Lauderdale.

The United States has one of the highest rates of premature birth of any industrialized nation: 11.5%, nearly twice the rate of many European countries. In this book, John Lantos and Diane Lauderdale examine why the rate of preterm birth in the United States remains high--even though more women have...

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Main Authors: Lantos, John D. (Author), Lauderdale, Diane S., 1955- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]
Series:Basic bioethics.
Subjects:
Premature labor > United States.
Premature infants > United States.
Premature infants.
Prenatal care.
Childfree choice.
MEDICAL > Gynecology & Obstetrics.
MEDICAL > Perinatology & Neonatology.
Prenatal care
Childfree choice
Premature infants
Premature labor
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Two narratives about pregnancy in the twentieth century
  • Individual decisions : a 34 year-old pregnant woman at 36 weeks
  • Stillbirth
  • Late preterm birth
  • Are there too many c-sections?
  • Feminist critiques of obstetrics
  • The debate about home birth
  • Are c-sections good for women (and babies, too)?
  • The fetus becomes a patient
  • The pill (and delayed childbearing)
  • The changing demography of childbearing
  • Maternal age, multiple pregnancies, and preterm birth
  • Maternal age and infertility
  • Changing demographics and preterm birth rates
  • Your fetus becomes a baby
  • A defense of modern obstetrics
  • Neonatal intensive care and infant mortality
  • The evolution of prenatal care
  • International comparisons
  • The paradox of modern prenatal care
  • Conclusions.

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