The business of baby : what doctors don't tell you, what corporations try to sell you, and how to put your pregnancy, childbirth, and baby before their bottom line / Jennifer Margulis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Margulis, Jennifer, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parenthood--Economic aspects.

Parenthood.

Physical Description:

xvii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Scribner, 2013.

Summary:

Journalist Jennifer Margulis questions the information parents are given by the medical community and the consumer culture, addressing the relationship between the money-making business of pregnancy and the early childcare advice parents are given.

Contents:

Gestation matters : the problem with prenatal care

Sonic boom : the downside of ultrasound

Emerging expenses : the real cost of childbirth

Cutting costs : the business of Cesarean birth

Perinatal prices : profit-mongering after the baby is born

Foreskins for sale : the business of circumcision

Bottled profits : how formula manufacturers manipulate moms

Diaper deals : how corporate profits shape the way we potty

Boost your bottom line : vaccinating for health or profit?

Sick is the new well : the business of well-baby care

So where do we go from here?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-328) and index.

ISBN:

9781451636086

1451636083

OCLC:

800031684