The caesarean
- London Free Association Books 2004
- ix, 162p.
Addresses key issues related to caesarean procedure and raises answers questions as to why and how caesarean procedures initially considered as rescue operation in birth came to be a common way of childbirth. Aims to establish why the rate of its occurrence tends to be higher or less in some places, why risky procedures such as forceps are still practiced event with the advent of caesarean. Considers long term consequences of caesarean births, and the future of caesarean procedures.