Having babies at home: is it safe? Is it ethical?
Home births entail a definite small risk, of unknown magnitude. Hospital births entail a wider range of risks, whose magnitude may be large but is also unknown. The morality of home births should be decided on a case-by-case basis, according to these priorities: safety of the mother, safety of the fetus, benefit to the fetus, potential benefit to the mother.
D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006700:Home Childbirth; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease / Q000150:complications; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007351:Insurance, Liability; D007751:Labor, Induced; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D008880:Midwifery / Q000191:economics; D009721:Nurse Midwives; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People; D012306:Risk; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012945:Social Values; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications