However, I've seen occasions in which midwives will have
a patient planning a home birth who has GBS and ruptured membranes without labor.
Not exact matches
His publications have been on the doctor -
patient relationship, physician empathy, and more recently on ethical issues in clinical obstetrics, including cesarean delivery on maternal request (CDMR),
birth plans, and
home birth.
It doesn't make sense that the doctor will see a
patient who is seeking the care of a CPM (who can only attend homebirths) and tell the
patient he couldn't care for her if she was
planning a
home birth.
They started with
patient safety and showed that
planned home birth has unnecessary, preventable, irremediable increased risk of harm for pregnant, fetal, and neonatal
patients.
They documented that the persistently high rates of emergency transport undermines
patient safety and satisfaction, the raison d'etre of
planned home birth, and that a comprehensive analysis undermines claims about the cost - effectiveness of
planned home birth.
Most recently, British Columbia Health Minister MacDiarmid, accepting the evidence of safety,
patient satisfaction and cost - effectiveness, has announced government support for women with low - risk pregnancies to
plan a
home birth, including support for physicians to become appropriately trained to attend
home births (28).