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Part 2 ~ The Wrong Use of Obstetrics ~ An Expensive and Deadly American Tragedy

by faithgibson on June 14, 2024

in Contemporary Childbirth Politics

  Pie-in-the-Sky Conundrum Facing Dr. Williams     Basically, there were only two logical sources of money to fund this important nationwide system of general-purpose hospitals. One was the profit from thousands private hospitals (best est. 8,000 hospitals in US at that time) existing at that time, and the other was public funding provided by the […]

The Wrong Use of Obstetrics ~ An Expensive and Deadly American Tragedy, Part 1

by faithgibson on June 14, 2024

in Contemporary Childbirth Politics

  The Wrong Use of Obstetrics An Expensive and Deadly American Tragedy ~ June 2024 ~ Background: This is the true story of Dr J.W. William’s dream of a nationwide system of general hospitals using fund generated by the elective hospitalization of healthy wealthy maternity patients as told in the 1914 book “Twilight Sleep: Simple […]

My Comments to AMA’s “Victory Letter”

by faithgibson May 29, 2024

My Comments I recently got an email from the president of our state’s midwifery organization describing a combined years-long effort by CALM and two consumer organizations to find a State legislator willing and able to carry a much-needed bill to undo the damage done by a 2013 amendment to the LMPA that was anti-midwife and anti-childbearing women and {not kidding!} sponsored […]

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AMA’s published blueprint for having successfull fought what it describes as “scope of practice expansions” that they claim threaten patient safety”

by faithgibson May 29, 2024

Downloaded o7-07-2021 –> https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/scope-practice/ama-successfully-fights-scope-practice-expansions-threaten   AMA successfully fights scope of practice expansions that threaten patient safety Patients deserve care led by physicians—the most highly educated, trained and skilled health care professionals. Through research, advocacy, and education, the AMA vigorously defends the practice of medicine against scope of practice expansions that threaten patient safety. Advocacy victories […]

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AMA Crime spree — 21 state and professional abduction of of 75 independent healthcare practititoners

by faithgibson May 23, 2024

To read original posts Parts 1 & Part 2 My Comments I recently got an email from the president of our state’s midwifery organization describing a combined years-long effort by CALM and two consumer organizations to find a State legislator willing and able to carry a much-needed bill to undo the damage done by a 2013 amendment to the […]

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