Cesarean Section: An American History of Risk, Technology, and Consequence by Jacqueline H. Wolf

Cesarean Section: An American History of Risk, Technology, and Consequence

Jacqueline H. Wolf

336 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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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 5-10% rate that the World Health Organiz...

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