Lauren Hall explains how governments cause birth and death to become over medicalized.Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on twitterToday’s book: The Medicalization of Birth and DeathAlso by Lauren Hall: Family and the Politics of Moderation: Private Life, Public Goods, and the Rebirth of Social IndividualismLearn more about Lauren HallLauren’s recommendations: The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry, And a Time to Die: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life, Cut It Out: The C-Section Epidemic in AmericaHow Doctors DieMedicine, healthcare, regulation, certificate of need law, American Medical Association, c-section, hospice, palliative care, over treatment