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Chapter 4: draft ~ The Obstetrical Franchise In America: The 20th century Gender War btw Midwifery and Obstetrics (spoiler alert – obstetricans won, midwives and childbearing women lost!)

by faithgibson on January 12, 2025

in Contemporary Childbirth Politics

Chapter 4: draft ~ The Exclusive Obstetrical Franchise in America and the 20th Century Gender War btw Midwifery and Obstetrics In general, the obstetrical profession was not impressed with any of the arguments, whether they came from other physicians or midwives, for respecting the biology of normal birth, preserving the traditions of midwifery or seeking […]

Chapter 3: draft ~ The Obstetrical Franchise In America: The 20th century Gender War btw Midwifery and Obstetrics (spoiler alert – obstetricans won, midwives and childbearing women lost!)

by faithgibson on January 12, 2025

in Contemporary Childbirth Politics

Chapter three:  draft ~ The Obstetrical Franchise In America: The 20th century Gender War btw Midwifery and Obstetrics (spoiler alert – obstetricans won, midwives and childbearing women lost!) Chapter Three The Obstetrical Franchise Crosses the Pond – Having a Baby in the New World When Europeans migrated to the New World during the 16th and […]

Drafts of “Whole Enchilada” part 2 Jan-12-2025

by faithgibson January 12, 2025

Chapter Two Birth Dangers in a Pre-scientific World   However, not all problems associated with childbirth can be prevented by patience or correct positioning. In a pre-scientific, pre-technological world, the normal support of midwives was often not enough if the childbearing woman suffered from a serious disease, became ill during the pregnancy, the labor became […]

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Part one draft ~ The Obstetrical Franchise In America: The 20th century Gender War btw Midwifery and Obstetrics (spoiler alert – obstetricans won, midwives and childbearing women lost!)

by faithgibson January 1, 2025

The Whole Enchilada as Complied by Faith Gibson, LM 2007 Historical & Contemporary Background on 20th century practice of “obstetrics” for healthy women, the profession of midwifery and its relationship with organized medicine and the sad but true fact that for the last 125 years (since 1910) America has had the highest Maternal Mortality Rate  […]

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HealthCare_2.0 Tell-A-Vision for the 21st Century

by faithgibson November 10, 2024

HealthCare_2.0 Tell-A-Vision for the 21st Century The Debate on Health Care Policy Reform ~ an exercise in pseudo-journalism Dateline: June 21, 2009                                                    Challenging ChokepointMedicine blog PDF version to print or send to your Kindle of read on a smart phone with Kindle appSee Table of Contents & Links to each specific topics  (separate page)Five-Point Wrap Up: The […]

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