Chapter 4. “Physiologic Birth Implies Economic Damage”

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments x
5. Introduction. An Overview of This Volume and of Significant Concepts Used 1
6. Chapter 1. Open and Closed Knowledge Systems, the 4 Stages of Cognition, and the Obstetric Management of Birth 14
7. Chapter 2. From “Mastership” to Active Management of Labor 51
8. Chapter 3. Becoming an Obstetrician in Greece 71
9. Chapter 4. “Physiologic Birth Implies Economic Damage” 101
10. Chapter 5. The Introduction of the “Gentle Cesarean” in Swiss Hospitals 125
11. Chapter 6. Scoring Women, Calculating Risk 144
12. Chapter 7. On Risk and Responsibility 171
13. Chapter 8. Crossing Bodily, Social, and Intimate Boundaries 194
14. Chapter 9. The Limitations of Understanding Structural Inequality 215
15. Chapter 10. Contraceptive Provision by Obstetricians/ Gynecologists in the United States 239
16. Chapter 11. Cognition, Risk, and Responsibility 259
17. Conclusions 279
18. Index 310