title: Will birth attendants need to promote high-tech intervention to afford malpractice insurance?
abstract: In this column, the author examines the trends of the midwifery model of care versus nonmedically indicated cesarean births and their effect on malpractice insurance rates. Childbirth educators are encouraged to support a health-care system that promotes normal birth.
authors.forename: Sharron S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Humenick