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Description of  Cognition, Risk, and Responsibility in Obstetrics: Anthropological Analyses and Critiques of Obstetricians Practices (The Anthropology of Obstetrics ... Reproduction of a Biomedical Profession, 2)

Volume 2 in this landmark 3-volume series The Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians: The Practice, Maintenance, and Reproduction of a Biomedical Profession looks at cognition, risk, and responsibility in obstetrics. This volume contains social science analyses of Swiss, Chilean, Mexican, US, Greek, and Irish obstetrics and obstetricians, particularly around their reasons for the overuse of cesareans a chapter on "4 Stages of Cognition" and a condition called "Substage," which describes how these concepts apply to obstetricians and a chapter on why obstetricians fear home birth. Read more