GEN&WS 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Germ Theory Of Disease, National Institutes Of Health, Hand Washing
28 Nov 2016
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Us trends of medicalization (the business of being born) A bit about homes birth (jade olson) No one right way to give birth. Medical interventions are helpful to millions of people. We want you to be critical but be able to recognize how essential they are to preventing mortality. Mm and im reductions in 20th century -> due to medical improvements. Birthing people still die all over the world due to lack of medical care. Particularly due to emergency obstetrical care (emoc) But: consider the over medicalization of birth in us. Increase vs decrease in mm and im when docs first took over ob care from midwives in the us. Shift from midwives in homes to docs in hospitals. Increase in mm and im when that shift happened. Today: us mm and im rates among the worst in the world. Be familiar with the direction and not the specific data. Historical level of mm: about 1/100 births.
