“Our research identified a fundamental paradox at the heart of modern
maternity care. Practices that fit within the medical paradigm, such as
epidural use or induction of labour, are pronounced safe even though
they might, in fact, carry some risk, while practices that support
physiological birth, such as water immersion and mobilisation, which
have minimal side-effects, are treated as either inherently risky or
somewhat ridiculous.”
An article in the Irish Times on the study 'Towards the Humanisation of Birth: A study of epidural analgesia and hospital birth culture.'
Why do you think this paradox exists?
An article in the Irish Times on the study 'Towards the Humanisation of Birth: A study of epidural analgesia and hospital birth culture.'
Why do you think this paradox exists?
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