{"product_id":"cognition-risk-and-responsibility-in-obstetrics-anthropological-analyses-and-critiques-of-obstetricians-practices-9781800738331","title":"Cognition, Risk, and Responsibility in Obstetrics: Anthropological Analyses and Critiques of Obstetricians' Practices","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eVolume 2 in this landmark 3-volume series \u003cem\u003eThe Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians: The Practice, Maintenance, and Reproduction of a Biomedical Profession\u003c\/em\u003e looks at cognition, risk, and responsibility in obstetrics.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This book is a must-read for students, social scientists, and all maternity care practitioners who seek to understand obstetricians' differing ideologies and motives for practicing as they do.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e An excerpt from Vania Smith-Oka and Lydia Dixon's chapter: \u003cbr\u003e For systemic changes to occur, we must understand doctors' decision-making rationales and take their fear-based perspectives about risk and responsibility into account, while also paying attention to the concerns raised by scholars and activists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAshish Premkumar\u003c\/strong\u003e MD is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, as well as a maternal-fetal medicine subspecialist practicing at the John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Illinois. He is also a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology at The Graduate School at Northwestern University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50390103130386,"sku":"9781800738331","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_873b1ac8-eb08-4c28-aaf1-b1d94fb13f5f.jpg?v=1728939711","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cognition-risk-and-responsibility-in-obstetrics-anthropological-analyses-and-critiques-of-obstetricians-practices-9781800738331","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}