Consumer Involvement in the South Australian State Policy for Planned Home Birth
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Planned home birth: the professional responsibility response.
This article addresses the recrudescence of and new support for midwife-supervised planned home birth in the United States and the other developed countries in the context of professional responsibility. Advocates of planned home birth have emphasized patient safety, patient satisfaction, cost effectiveness, and respect for women's rights. We provide a critical evaluation of each of these claim...
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We strongly disagree with Chervenak et al that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement on “Planned Home Birth” diverges from its own primary principle, to promote the best interests of the child. First, the statement does not promote home birth. We begin, as the authors note, by agreeing with the statement of the Committee on Obstetric Practice of the American College of Obste...
متن کاملClinical Policy Title: Planned home births
ABOUT THIS POLICY: Select Health of South Carolina has developed clinical policies to assist with making coverage determinations. Select Health of South Carolina’s clinical policies are based on guidelines from established industry sources, such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), state regulatory agencies, the American Medical Association (AMA), medical specialty professiona...
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عنوان ژورنال: Birth
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0730-7659,1523-536X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536x.2008.00300.x