Intrapartum care the midwifery way: a review.
Midwifery offers concepts and techniques for intrapartum care that could be integrated into the practice of a family physician. Normal birth has virtually been replaced by a medicalized model of maternity care in the American health care system, despite research indicating that many interventions are not necessary and even harmful. A low-tech, high-touch approach to low-risk women in labor is evidence based and results in improved perinatal outcomes as well as higher patient satisfaction with the birth experience.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 983255 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-3255, USA. ajaynes@unmc.edu
Anita C
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Jaynes
Kathleen E
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Scott
D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods*; D059037:Doulas; D005260:Female; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D008880:Midwifery / Q000379:methods*; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000379:methods*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods; D058725:Peripartum Period; D010821:Physicians, Family; D058007:Physicians, Primary Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods