Comments on: Those darn patients… http://duncancross.net/2009/04/those-darn-patients/ ill. humored. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:02:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jill--Unnecesarean http://duncancross.net/2009/04/those-darn-patients/comment-page-1/#comment-925 Jill--Unnecesarean Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:15:33 +0000 http://duncancross.net/?p=1314#comment-925 If you listened to the media and many doctors, you would think that the reason many hospitals have c-sections rates above 40% is because the women are demanding them, banging at the doors for their c-sections. Patients are also blamed for being too old, too fat, too scared, too likely to sue if anything goes wrong... "The system" or "our litigious society" will also be blamed. Want to know who is never, ever blamed in this scenario unless by patients' rights advocates? (The doctors performing too many c-sections) Rather, it's women's sense of entitlement to a perfect baby that makes them have to perform unnecessary inductions and unnecessary cesareans to be able to show in court that they did *something.* The doctors are the victims, you know. Not the women subjected to unnecessary major sugery that is riskier than the process that their body would perform on its own. If you listened to the media and many doctors, you would think that the reason many hospitals have c-sections rates above 40% is because the women are demanding them, banging at the doors for their c-sections.

Patients are also blamed for being too old, too fat, too scared, too likely to sue if anything goes wrong… “The system” or “our litigious society” will also be blamed.

Want to know who is never, ever blamed in this scenario unless by patients’ rights advocates?

(The doctors performing too many c-sections)

Rather, it’s women’s sense of entitlement to a perfect baby that makes them have to perform unnecessary inductions and unnecessary cesareans to be able to show in court that they did *something.*

The doctors are the victims, you know. Not the women subjected to unnecessary major sugery that is riskier than the process that their body would perform on its own.

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