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19 hours ago

Race, Risk, and the VBAC Calculator: The Politics of Race Correction in Childbirth

At first, I treated it as coincidence. Childbirth is unpredictable. Cesarean delivery can be lifesaving. Obstetric care is complex. No two births unfold the same way. But the pattern unsettled me, and I began to ask a different kind of question. Not just what was happening to these women, but what was shaping the information they were given when decisions were being made. What did these women actually know about how their risk was being calculated? And who, or what, had shaped that calculation before they ever walked into a consultation room?
Philosophy
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Baby died after NHS trust failed to warn mother of unsafe' home birth, coroner finds

A mother was failed by the NHS after an unsafe home birth led to her baby's death, highlighting risks of home deliveries against medical advice.
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