AMA’s Scope of Practice Partnership spends millions to turn independent practitioners into subservient role of “physician-extender” and billing 3rd parties at the higher MD rates for care not provide by them

by faithgibson March 31, 2024

The AMA, and its new “Scope of Practice Partnership“, probably is not technically a ‘crime family”, but they sure do a great job of acting like one! Beginning in 2006, the AMA’s policy-makers dreamed up a truly offensive and one-sided new plan for how medical services are provided by MDs in the US. Their plan […]

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EFM as a Public Health Screening Program: “The Arithmetic of Failure”   by Dr. David Grimes

by faithgibson January 27, 2024

Must read! EFM as a Public Health Screening Program: “The Arithmetic of Failure” by Dr David Grimes EXCERPTS & Commentary for mothers, midwives & others The lead author, Dr David Grimes, is one of a very small number of physicians to be board-certified in both Ob-Gyn and preventative medicine. He trained at UCSF and worked […]

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Best Evidence: Links: B – policy problems, C- Induction &Pitocin; D – Cesareans, or E – Politics  & YouTube Video Links (some outdated)

by faithgibson January 26, 2024

Best Evidence ~ Originally published in 2008, but continues to be of interest as it establishes that the facts have always been available: ~ that the science has always identified physiologically-based care as safer and better for healthy childbearing women with normal term pregnancies than: ~ the routine use of obstetrical interventions, especially the routine […]

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Mind The Gap! Finding balance btw physiologically-based mfry & the narrow focus of the interventionist obstetrical system

by faithgibson January 24, 2024

Mind the Gap! We rabble rousers believe that physiologically-based care should be the universal standard for healthy women with normal pregnancies unless the mother herself requests medicalized care. We have worked tirelessly our entire professional life to transform the narrow focus of our interventionist obstetrical system into a broad based maternity care model able to […]

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Identifying the Essential Qualities of Maternity Care ~ Evidence-based policies & plan for action

by faithgibson January 23, 2024

                              ~ Working Draft ~                         Faith Gibson, LM, CPM August 31, 2010 Important Note from the Editor~  Sorry, but the 20 links to topics at the very top of […]

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