Not exact matches
Not only
do parents of North American baby boys have to pay between $ 200 to $ 300 to
obstetricians to circumcise their boys that no sooner are the circumcised foreskins cut off that they are sold on to bio-engineering and cosmetics companies
by the hospitals.
In contrast, if only an
obstetrician knows how to
do it, it is «unnatural»
by definition in the NCB subculture.
So midwives need to market themselves or they risk being eclipsed
by obstetricians who know more and can
do more.
Sometimes benefits clearly outweigh risks, like vitamin K. Sometimes they don't, like episiotomies, which are now performed much less often now that the evidence (gathered
by obstetricians) shows that they are not as beneficial as once thought.
This
does not include prenatal care with your
obstetrician or care for your newborn
by the pediatric provider.
By the way, an article that makes a point of portraying
obstetricians as hypocritical, arrogant and incompetent practitioners and then trots out the usual tired untruths (they have no experience of unmedicated deliveries; their practice isn't evidence - based) isn't exactly
doing a fine job of «advocating for cooperation and understanding between sides.»