Tuesday 12 June 2018

A fundamental paradox at the heart of modern maternity care

“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?


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