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Obstetrician Incomes in top 2/3s of all medical specialties ~ part 1 (of 3)

by faithgibson October 1, 2012

I recdently discovered three articles on Medscape about the annual and lifetime incomes of various medical specialities and how these numbers compare within the medical profession (specialty vs. general practice). There was also information on how the incomes of obstetricians compares to those of other Americans. Because these articles were both long and rich with […]

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Homebirth Midwives and the Hospital Goliath: Evidence Builds for Disruptive Innovatio

by faithgibson September 22, 2012

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-weeks/homebirth-david-versus-th_b_1372854.html Integrative Medicine , Integrative Medicine , Health Care Reform , Certified Professional Midwives , Health Care Costs , Medical Costs , Disruptive Innovation , Home Birth , Midwifery , Triple Aim , Politics News John Weeks Posted: 03/29/2012 4:05 pm Publisher and Editor, ‘Integrator Blog News & Reports’ “Midwives have a central focus in our strategic plan. We are hoping Washington State can double out-of-facility births in the next two or three years.” The speaker was […]

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Cochrane Review ~ Planned Hospital Birth versus Planned Home Birth

by faithgibson September 21, 2012

  Planned hospital birth v. planned home birth by Ole Olsen & Jette A Clausen Editorial Group: Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group Published Online: 12 SEP 2012 Assessed as up-to-date: 17 APR 2012 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000352.pub2 Copyright © 2012 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Link @ the end of post leads to full version of Cochrane Review […]

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TIME Magazine 1936 ~ Medicine & Childbirth: Nature v. Drugs

by faithgibson September 3, 2012

This is a reprint of an article on the 1936 convention of the American Medical Association (AMA) held in the spring of that year in Kansas City.  It was originally published in TIME Magazine on May 25, 1936. One quote falls into the category of “the more things change the more they stay the same”. […]

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Maternal Mortality in the United States: A Human Rights Failure

by faithgibson August 27, 2012

  Contraception Editorial March 2011 http://www.arhp.org/publications-and-resources/contraception-journal/march-2011 Francine Coeytaux, Debra Bingham, Nan Strauss With 99% of maternal deaths occurring in developing countries, it is too often assumed that maternal mortality is not a problem in wealthier countries. Yet, statistics released in September of 2010 by the United Nations place the United States 50th in the world […]

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