Does Human Evolution Mean Every Mother has the Right to a Caesarean? ; Goodhealth
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A QUARTER of all births are now by Caesarean, double the number a decade ago, and as a new book reveals, the rate is rising. Opinion about this is divided: some experts argue that the risks are too high; others believe today's mothers deserve the choice.
Here, Professor Philip Steer and Professor Wendy Savage put forward their views.See the full content of this document
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Does Human Evolution Mean Every Mother has the Right to a Caesarean? ; Goodhealth
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PROFESSOR PHILIP STEERPROFESSOR Philip Steer is Professor of Obstetrics at Imperial College School of Medicine and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. He says:THE human race has got brainier over the past 1.5 million years. In most ways, this is a good thing, but in reproduc...See the full content of this document
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