Business of Baby, Jennifer Margulis
Business of Baby, Jennifer Margulis
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Business of Baby
What Doctors Don't Tell You, What Corporations Try to Sell You, and How to Put Your Pregnancy, Childbirth and Baby Before Their Bottom Line

Author: Jennifer Margulis

Narrator: Rebecca Jenkins

Unabridged: 13 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/16/2013

Synopsis

In the tradition of Jessica Mitford’s The American Way of Death, an eye-opening work of investigative journalism that challenges our common wisdom about pregnancy, childbirth, and the first year of a baby’s life, showing how the mother and child’s wellbeing are often undermined by corporate profit margins and the private interests of the medical community.

About Jennifer Margulis

Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is an award-winning science journalist who has been researching and writing about issues related to children’s health for more than ten years. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post, and on the cover of Smithsonian Magazine. A Boston native, she lives in Oregon with her husband and four children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rebecca

Although I agree with some of the premises, this book was a little too close-minded for me. And too anecdotal. I don't care that "Susan, a mother of four" feels like her 4th child that she didn't vaccinate got sick less and never had ear infections. I could have done with less of the opinions and mo......more

Goodreads review by Keisha

The Business of Baby is a very eye opening book into many hot topics that parents face today. I found the book to be informative without pushing an agenda. The author gives information about various subjects like childbirth, circumcision, vaccinations, and potty training without saying this is absol......more

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