Choosing
a Health Care Provider
Ten Questions
to Ask
More Questions to Ask
Philosophies of Care
Midwives
Family Doctors
Obstetricians
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Philosophies
of Care
Midwives
Model of Care
Medical
Model of Care
Humanizing
Birth
Humanized birth means putting the woman giving birth in the center and in control
so that she, not the doctors or anyone else, makes all the decisions about
what will happen. Humanized birth means understanding the focus of maternity
services is community-based (out of the hospital) primary care, not hospital-based
tertiary (specialist) care. Humanized birth means midwives, nurses and doctors
all working together in harmony as equals. Humanized birth means maternity
services that are based on good scientific evidence, including evidence-based
use of technology and drugs.
Mother-Friendly
Childbirth Initiative
Lamaze
Institute for Normal Birth
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