UC to Hold Discussion on 'The C-Section Epidemic in America'
Theresa Morris, professor of sociology at Trinity College, is visiting the University of Cincinnati to discuss the proliferation of cesarean-sections in America.
Her talk, titled Cut It Out: The C-Section Epidemic in America, will be held in the Taft Research Center at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 11. The discussion is sponsored by the Charles Phelps Taft Research Center, the Taft Medical Humanities Research Group and the Departments of Sociology and Womens, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Drawing from 130 in-depth interviews with women, obstetricians, midwives and labor and delivery nurses, Morris will explain how the rise in C-sections affects American womens lives, health and families.
This event is free and open to the public.
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