Immaculate Deception: A New Look at Women and Childbirth in America

by Suzanne Arms

Book Overview

What is the deception? That birth is dangerous, risky, painful and terrifying. That birth in the American hospital is safe, quick and easy. That medical interference can "improve' the birth process... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395198933
• ISBN13: 9780395198933
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Must have this information for giving birth.

Information everyone needs to know. Read it you will not regret the time spent. When you are informed you make better choices. This book has been handed down in our family for 3 generations.

One of the best books I've ever read!

The book can be a little over dramatic, but the author is trying to make a strong point. I think being a little over dramatic is necessary when she only has our attention for the short time it takes to read the book, yet she is trying to correct a message that society has pounded into our heads for our whole lives. It's a lot to undo in a short period of time. I've read some reviews that say the book is anti-Christian. I don't necessarily agree. It's true you can tell the author is not fond of the religion (or at least how most people practice it), but I'm Christian and I wasn't offended. If you are sensitive about your faith you aren't going to like the book, but if you can take things with a grain of salt you should be okay. This is not a book for those Christian women who believe women should be submissive and stay quiet and stay in their place. It's a book for strong women who think for themselves, and who realize that Christianity (and the medical community) may not have always served our interests as well as they should have. To me, it was more of a commentary about the people who practice religion/medicine rather than the legitimacy of either. I thought it was an outstanding book. So five stars *****.