Transparency in maternity care: empowering women to make educated choices.
The author of this guest editorial calls for a higher level of transparency in maternity care. The public should have access to information about hospital and provider policies and practices so that women and their families can determine where and with whom to birth. Currently, many grassroots-level projects, including The Birth Survey, are addressing this need.
McAllister
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Elan McAllister is a birth doula, activist, and Broadway producer based in New York City. She is President of Choices in Childbirth; a co-leader of The Grassroots Advocates Committee of the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS); and a member of the Board of Directors of The New Space for Women's Health.