Patients' Rights and Doctors' Wrongs - Secrets to a Safer Pregnancy and Childbirth (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781512279955)

Patients' Rights and Doctors' Wrongs - Secrets to a Safer Pregnancy and Childbirth encourages and, more importantly, enables expectant mothers to take an informed, proactive role in their obstetrical care, so they and their babies can obtain the quality services they deserve.

The importance of this approach cannot be overstated. The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality agrees that "The best way to help prevent medical errors is to be an active member of your health care team."

Using compelling real-life stories, the authors provide indispensable, easy-to-understand information and advice about topics such as:

• Prenatal testing and care
• Epidurals
• Electronic fetal monitoring
• Induction of labor
• The stages of labor
• Appropriate circumstances for C-section delivery

They also provide essential questions to ask your OB-GYN or midwife, and a comprehensive birthing plan.

This book should be required reading for anyone who is an expectant parent or is about to become one.