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A First for Me ~ (Part 1 of 4) ~ Praise and reprint of an essay by AMA’s President Jack Resneck, and yep, it’s that good!

by faithgibson May 23, 2023

Part 1 (of 4) ~ Intro & background information Direct link to the public letter by the president of the AMA. I, faith gibson, am no fan of the American Medical Association (AMA). But I do “approve this message” by the president of the AMA, Dr. Jack Resneck, MD and encourage others to read and distribute […]

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State chapter of the AMA ends a successful hospital-based nurse-midwifery program providing normal birth services to low-income women that greatly reduced perinatal mortality ~ 1963

by faithgibson May 21, 2023

In 1963, the California state lobbyists for the AMA and the those for the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists {ACOG) stopped a hospital-based nurse-midwifery program that provided physiological management of normal childbirth to very low-income population of women. Shutting down an effective nurse-midwifery program resulted in a rise in neonatal mortality from 10.3 to an […]

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draft ~ WuOBs_Topic 2 ~ Overview ~ The disturbing story of obstetrics in America from 1910 to 1980

by faithgibson May 20, 2023

WuOBs_by-Topic#2 ~ Overview The disturbing story of obstetrics in America from 1910 to 1980 Page #10 in 41 p. file Overview ~ American obstetrics purposefully turned healthy women into the patients of a surgical specialty and normal childbirth into a surgical procedure. The consequence was the most profound change in childbirth practices in the history […]

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Work-N-Progress: A Better Form of Social Activism ~ Six Degrees of Separation

by faithgibson May 19, 2023

Work-N-Progress: A Better Form of Social Activism ~ Six Degrees of Separation Originally post on JUNE 24, 2016 Extraordinary Street Art ~ graffiti on public retaining wall incorporated into this compelling pair of eyes, with the foliage on the top of the wall framing her face with what looks like green hair. Editor’s Contemporary Note […]

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The Gender Gap Writ Large for Childbearing Women & their Midwives ~ draft chapter from (unpublished) “Disturbing Story of Obstetrics in America 1910 to 1980”

by faithgibson May 3, 2023

Editor’s Note: Sorry for such large type, my WORDPRESS theme went crazy and I haven’t figured out how to fix it yet!  faith ^O^ Ch ? The Gender Gap Writ Large for Childbearing Women & their Midwives ~ “Disturbing Story of Obstetrics in America 1910 to 1980” by FAITHGIBSON on MAY 3, 2023  [EDIT] Unassigned Chapter from the […]

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