title: Facilitating women's choice in maternity care.
abstract: Maternity careproviders often have strong views concerning a woman's choice of where to give birth.These views may be based on the ethical principle of autonomy, or on the principle of beneficence. The authors propose that an approach utilizing shared decision making allows careproviders and women to move beyond disagreements regarding which evidence on risk should "counts' instead adopting a process of increased knowledge and support for women and their partner while they make choices regarding place of birth.
authors.affiliation: Midwifery Science at Academie Verloskunde Maastricht, Zuyd University, Maastricht, the Netherlands. M.Nieuwenhuijze@AV-M.nl
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nieuwenhuijze
authors.forename: Lisa Kane
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Low
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D002755:Choice Behavior / Q000941:ethics; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006700:Home Childbirth / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000941:ethics; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health