the business of beeing born (2008)

[kad budu gorjeli gradovi]

While the United States has perhaps the most advanced health care system  in the world, it also has the second-highest infant mortality rate of  any industrialized nation, and many have begun to question conventional  wisdom regarding the way obstetricians deal with childbirth. While  midwives preside over the majority of births in Europe and Japan, fewer  than ten percent of American mothers employ them, despite their proven  record of care and success. How do American doctors make their choices  regarding the way their patients give birth, and who is intended to  benefit? Director Abby Epstein and producer Ricki Lake offer a probing  look at childbirth in America in this documentary The Business of Being  Born, which explores the history of obstetrics, the history and function  of Midwives, and how many common medical practices may be doing new mothers more harm than good.

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Ricki Lake Birth Documentary - The Business of Being Born

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