Cognition Risk and Responsibility in Obstetrics

<p> <strong>Volume 2 in this landmark 3-volume series <em>The Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians: The Practice Maintenance and Reproduction of a Biomedical Profession</em> looks at cognition risk and responsibility in obstetrics.</strong></p><p> 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.</p><p> 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.</p><p> An excerpt from Vania Smith-Oka and Lydia Dixon's chapter:<br /> 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.</p>