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    Archive for October, 2008

    So why is it that we rely on those machines again?

    Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

    Judy’s blog on the Milbank report spotlights a backward-looking system of healthcare that can’t or won’t pay attention to what the evidence sets forth. Maternity wards around the country continue to subject laboring women to procedures, drugs, interventions that result in unnecessary problems.
    I just read a New York Times piece on MRIs, that the quality [...]

    Posted in Technology, Uncategorized, birth advocacy, informed decision making | 4 Comments »

    US Maternity Care on the Hot Seat

    Sunday, October 12th, 2008

    The Milbank Report, Evidence-Based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve, was released on October 8. This report should shake the world of maternity care to its very core!
    The authors of Evidence-Based Maternity Care, Carol Sakala and Maureen Corry, have a  long involvement with evidence-based maternity care including planning and leading Childbirth [...]

    Posted in Birth and the Media, Cesarean Birth, Technology, birth advocacy, informed decision making, research | 1 Comment »