01304cam a2200289 4500 758538150 TxAuBib 20070914120000.0 070503s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2007009806 9780738210735 HRD $26.00 0738210730 HRD $26.00 (OCoLC)154360559 NjBwBT NjBwBT TxGR TxAuBib Block, Jennifer. Pushed [Book] : the painful truth about childbirth and modern maternity care / Jennifer Block. 1st Da Capo Press ed. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Lifelong, 2007. xix, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-300) and index. An in-depth look at the medical care legislated and received by women giving birth in the United States explores the use of drugs to induce or prevent labor, the increasing trend toward cesarean sections, and women's right to choose the place and manner of birth. 20070914. Maternal health services United States. Childbirth United States. Cesarean section Psychological aspects. RV8