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Maternity Care and Liability ~ Childbirth Connection Report: Many new mothers harmed but very few sue

by faithgibson April 10, 2013

See the full article or log on to medscape:http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/779692?src=wnl_edit_bom_weekly “In the practice of an average maternity caregiver, negligent injury (meeting legal criteria for malpractice) of women and newborns appears to occur more frequently than any claim and far more frequently than a payout or trial. Women may be more likely to sustain negligent injury than […]

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Great paper on the evolution of childbirth practices in US ~ Home to Hospital: 1927-1940

by faithgibson April 4, 2013

Miami University ~ Farmer School of Business Department of Economics: Working Paper From Home to Hospital: The Evolution of Childbirth in the United States, 1927-1940  Melissa A. Thomasson Miami University Jaret Treber Kenyon College November, 2006 Abstract: This paper examines the shift in childbirth from home to hospital that occurred in the United States in […]

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Scrippts Media Report: Cesarean NOT safer for healthy women ~ part 2 ~ Commentary and Action Plan

by faithgibson April 3, 2013

Part 2 ~ by FG: Perhaps the most damning and depressing comment about this issues comes from the Medical Leadership Council (an association of US hospitals) which concluded in1996 that the ever-escalating cesarean rate in the US (at that time only 20%) was: “…medicine’s equivalent of the federal budget deficit; long recognized as [an] abstract national problem, yet beyond […]

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Scrippt’s Report: NOT safer for healthy women w/ normal pregnancies to have their baby delivered by Cesarean ~ part 1

by faithgibson April 2, 2013

Cesarean rate is up to one-in-three births, but studies show normal vaginal birth is safer and better for both mothers and babies Excerpts from Scripps Media report –  Posted: 04/01/2013  Most IMPORTANT Information: Strong arguments for encourage vaginal births; national efforts to reduce hospital CS rates: C-sections typically cost about twice as much as a […]

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A Study in Reverse Ethics: American obstetricians claim women’s childbirth choices violates their professional ethics: My comments ~ part 2

by faithgibson March 20, 2013

This is a continuation of yesterday’s post. If you haven’t read part 1, drop to the bottom of this web page and use the “back to previous post” link. Review of: “Planned home birth: the professional responsibility response”  Frank A. Chervenak, MD, et al Presented at European Congress of Perinatal Medicine, Paris, France, June 13, 2012 “An editorial […]

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