Childbirth in the Age of Plastics

Since the middle of the twentieth century, the development of plastics has been one of the main factors influencing the history of medicine. Focusing on obstetrics, this first book about the history of medicine in relation to the plastic revolution asks vital questions about childbirth today, and tomorrow, and demonstrates that the current turning point in the history of childbirth is also a turning point in the history of humanity. Odent asks, “Should we be concerned?”