Anti-D in Midwifery: Panacea or Paradox?
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0750652322
ISBN 13
9780750652322
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Publication Year
2001
Publisher
Pages
165
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Description
Over the last 30 years, Anti-D, or Rhogam as it is known in the USA, has become accepted as being routinely advisable for rhesus negative women. Yet the question remains that - if women's bodies are designed to give birth without intervention for the majority of the time - why is this necessary? This book explores the paradox between physiological birth and the routine 'need' for anti-D and highlights some interesting evidence which may throw light on this paradox. Are women's bodies really fallible, or could some women's need for anti-D be caused by medical intervention in childbirth? Do women being offered anti-D know that this is a blood product which may carry attendent risks? What information do women need in order to decide whether or not they will have anti-D? - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
