The Birth Wars

Download or read book The Birth Wars written by Mary-Rose MacColl and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential reading for every woman who is or may one day become a mother. Women are told they have pregnancy and birth care choices. But their only real choice is which side to take in the birth wars. Each day battles are waged in hospitals and clinics around Australia: between those who view birth as natural and those who view birth as medical. Both sides care deeply about women and babies and, driven by deeply held beliefs, both sides claim they should manage birth for women. They are the doctors and midwives, or 'mechanics' and 'organics', vying for power in The Birth Wars. Based.