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How Normal Childbirth Got Trapped on the Wrong Side of History ~ a manuscript

by faithgibson August 11, 2015

How Normal Childbirth Got Trapped on the Wrong Side of History: The perfect storm that turned healthy childbearing women into the patients of a surgical specialty, and normal childbirth into a surgical procedure ~ the last and most important UNTOLD story of the 20th Century Unpublished manuscript by faith gibson, LM, all rights reserved, 2005 […]

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Saying “no” to medical tests & doctor-driven procedures u don’t need or want

by faithgibson August 4, 2015

Reposted from Medscape Pediatrics © 2015 WebMD, LLC: Seeing My Way to ‘No’ Editor’s Note: This article is republished with permission from the author, Alan R. Schroeder, MD, associate clinical professor (affiliate) of pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of pediatric inpatient services at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Permission was also […]

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The Brave New World of Evidence-based Maternity Care for the 21st Century ~ a manuscript

by faithgibson July 4, 2015

  The Brave New World of Evidence-based Maternity Care for the 21st Century ~ by faith gibson, LM 1997, updated 2002 & 2013 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 mis-numbered ~ no chap. 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11  

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Un-informed consent – out of a 100 invasive procedures & surgeries, only 3 pts recvd full information

by faithgibson June 3, 2015

Reposted from Medscape  Note from FG ^O^: This article is not specific to obstetrical procedures, such as elective induction or scheduled C-section, but it mirrors the common experience of childbearing women and midwives.  The obstetricalization of normal childbirth has become the standard of care. What that means is that obstetrical providers (both MDs and L&D do […]

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The Assault on Normal Birth: The OB Disinformation Campaign ~ part 2

by faithgibson May 31, 2015

Re-posted from Midwifery Today’s website. This article first appeared in Midwifery Today, Issue 63, Autumn 2002. Part 2 ~ by Henci Goer ©2002 Midwifery Today, Inc. All rights reserved. Part II    (link to Part 1) What Is Gained by Subverting the Research? The NEJM provides means and opportunity, but what about motive? Appearing in […]

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