The Cesarean Myth by Mortimer Rosen & Lilian Thomas
In no area of medical practice except in the delivery of babies is major ab dominal surgery considered a sound and simple alternative to the body's natural processes. According to this accessible, intelligent book, the assumption that a cesarean delivery is safer than vaginal delivery is false. Rosen, chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, and freelance writer Thomas use numerous examples from Rosen's three decades of practice to illustrate when a cesarean is mandatory, when it is unnecessary or unwise, and when the decision is a judgment call.