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Title: What is one explanation for why Pitocin - a drug to increase the intensity of contractions - is ...
Post by: liljay on Aug 19, 2019
What is one explanation for why Pitocin - a drug to increase the intensity of contractions - is given to mothers in labor in American hospitals?

▸ American hospitals have fetal monitors that reveal fluctuations in fetal heart rate that can be controlled by Pitocin.

▸ American doctors are better trained in drug therapy than those in other societies.

▸ American hospitals place a high value on speed of delivery.

▸ American doctors know that the risks of a prolonged labor outweigh the risks associated with drugs.


Title: What is one explanation for why Pitocin - a drug to increase the intensity of contractions - is ...
Post by: Lori734 on Aug 19, 2019
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Title: What is one explanation for why Pitocin - a drug to increase the intensity of contractions - is ...
Post by: liljay on Aug 19, 2019
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