POLICY STATEMENT: “The reality is that postpartum hemorrhage requiring transport is extremely rare. The incident reported is 0.2 to 1 percent” (Varney, 2004, p 952). In research that examines out-of-hospital birth with a comparison low-risk group birthing in the hospital, there is a greater incidence of postpartum hemorrhage in the hospital group. With advanced planning, immediate PPH is a comp...

This article presents an argument for the existence of God, showing that the evident phenomena are best explained by supposing that a God causes them. The argument is based on the inductive force of four very evident general phenomena: that there is a physical Universe; that it is governed by very simple natural laws; that those laws are such as to lead to the existence of human bodies; and tha...

POLICY STATEMENT The primary goal of antenatal evaluation is to identify fetuses at risk for intrauterine injury and death so that intervention and timely delivery can prevent progression to stillbirth. It should be understood however, that despite widespread use of many tests, limited evidence exists to demonstrate effectiveness at improving perinatal outcomes with application of these tests. ...

Abstract All the cards seem to be stacked against belief in immortality. Nonetheless, resources of particular religious traditions may avail where generic philosophical solutions fall short. With attention boredom and narcissism critiques, intimations deathlessness Śāntideva's radical altruism, recent Christian debates on soul intermediate state, I propose two criteria for a coherent religion-s...