The business of birth : malpractice and maternity care in the United States / Louise Marie Roth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roth, Louise Marie, 1970- author.

Series:

NYU scholarship online.

NYU scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maternal health services--United States.

Maternal health services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 325 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : New York University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"'The Business of Birth' explores malpractice and maternity care in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.

Giving birth is a monumental event, not only in the personal life of the woman giving birth, but as a medical process and procedure. In The Business of Birth, Louise Marie Roth explores the process of giving birth, and the ways in which medicine and law interact to shape maternity care. Focusing on the United States, Roth explores how the law creates an environment where medical providers, malpractice attorneys, and others limit women's rights and choices during birth. She shows how a fear of liability risk often drives the decision-making process of medical providers, who prioritize hospital efficiency over patient safety, to the detriment of mothers themselves. Ultimately, Roth advocates for an approach that protects the reproductive rights of mothers. A comprehensive overview, The Business of Birth provides valuable insight into the impact of the law on mothers, medical providers, maternity care practices, and others in the United States.

Contents:

Birth matters: the importance of birth and the logic of American maternity care

Law matters: tort regimes and reproductive health regimes

Myths of malpractice: liability risk in American maternity care

What's the rush?: tort laws and elective early-term births

The machine that goes ping!: technology fetishism and the electronic fetal monitor

If in doubt, cut it out: malpractice and cesareans

Choice matters: reproductive rights regimes and VBAC [vaginal birth after cesareans]

Reproductive regimes: the legal environment and maternity care in the United States.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 9, 2021).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4798-2611-1

OCLC:

1257324344