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Lessons from 1950s cardiology ~ why a non-evidence-based medical practice should never be allowed to become the standard of care

by faithgibson June 21, 2012

This article was first posted on the Canadian Maternity Care Discussion Group (MCDG) by Dr. Michael Klein, professor Emeritus of Family Practice & Pediatrics (University British Columbia) and listmaster of the MCDG. It tells the story of how total, prolonged, flat-on-your-back bed rest became the standard of care for heart attack patients without any scientific evaluation. It seemed ‘so logical’ to […]

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Nation’s Largest Hospital to Ban Vaginal Birth, NY State Likely to Follow

by faithgibson April 1, 2012

Reposted from: Today at “Our Bodies, Our Blog” Nation’s Largest Hospital to Ban Vaginal Birth, NY State Likely to Follow Originally Posted April 1, 2008 New York City’s St. Sister Mercy General Regional Hospital, which is the nation’s largest hospital and presides over more births than any other facility, announced today that it would no […]

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The Problem with Using Place of Birth as Proxy for Style of Intrarpartum Management

by faithgibson June 6, 2010

2010 MANY MEDICAL AND MIDWIFERY PROFESSIONALS, as well as birth activists and consumers, confuse birth setting (hosp. vs. OOH) with intrapartum management style or may use these terms interchangeably, sometimes to mean an actual physical location, and other times to refer to a management style. In this paradigm, ‘home’ has become a frequent proxy for […]

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MaternityCare_2.0 ~ Mother-Baby-Father-Friendly Care for Normal Childbirth that all Americans can be proud of!

by faithgibson March 22, 2010

Today’s blog is the final installment about an ABC article reporting on the increase in maternal mortality in the US (published by ABC on March 4th, 2010. We know that what has been happening is the US is wrong – the false idea that Cesarean surgery makes birth safer. Now we need to figure out […]

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The antidote to the routine medicalization of normal labor & overuse of induction of labor and elective Cesarean surgery

by faithgibson March 10, 2010

Today’s post continues the commentary on the ABC article increasing maternal mortality (published March 4th, 2010, excerpts embedded in the March 8th Normal-Birth blog). The only good reason for a risky medical or surgical procedure is a serious health problem that makes the potentially life-threatening complications of surgery less of a danger than the disease being […]

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