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A 6 page research/reaction paper to the issue of whether or not the medical community should encourage elective cesarean section, which is becoming an increasingly popular choice for busy working women. The writer looks at the various issues involved in this debate. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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choose it as a delivery option (Goer, 2001). They argue that cesarean section (c-section) present urinary and anal incontinence and that women should have elective c-sections on demand, and not
be "bullied" into having vaginal birth (Goer, 2001). One of the primary issues concerning this debate is whether or not claims of safety are true. A Dutch study examined the
cause of 154 maternal deaths between 1983 and 1992 and found that c-section increased the risk of mortality seven times that of vaginal delivery (Goer, 2001). Likewise, Starr (2003) cites
a British review that examined the years between 1994 and 1995, which indicated that women undergoing a c-section had almost three times the case fatality rate as those delivering vaginally. Goer
(2001) also reports that c-sections are the a source of increased risk to the infant, as well as the mother. At one hospital, fetal laceration occurred in 1.9 percent of
c-section deliveries and another hospital experienced a laceration rate of 1.3 percent (Goer, 2001). Countering this position, Hannah (2004) points out that it is now realized that many
previous studies may have been biased, as women with medical and/or obstetric problems were the most likely candidates for c-sections. Therefore, problems with maternal or neonatal outcomes may have had
more to do with other problems than necessarily with the procedure itself (Hannah, 2004). Basing her opinion on the results of the randomized controlled Term Breech Trial, which involved 2088
women, Hannah feels that "after a thorough discussion about the risks and benefits," if a woman still feels that the benefits of a planned c-section outweigh the risks for herself
and her child, then the "overall health and welfare of the women will be promoted by supporting her request" (Hannah, 2004, p. 814). Badrinath (2004) points out that the
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