Two studies in the field of perinatal care show how, in the areas of breastfeeding and obstetrics, science prioritizes risk and the baby at the expense of mothers’ well-being.
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Immigration rhetoric and policies have created a chilling effect for immigrants seeking medical care. Two dozen Latina immigrant mothers share their experiences during pregnancy.
28% of trans and non-binary people felt they were not treated with dignity and respect during labour – but coverage of the UK birth trauma report has largely ignored LGBTQ+ families
Discontinuing expanded health-care funding will result in less prenatal care for uninsured patients, more health risks, higher costs to the health system, and moral distress for health-care providers.
The factors associated with death in mother and baby included low education in the mother, lack of antenatal care, referral from another facility.
Women deserve to know all the risks and be supported in their birth choices.
Premature infants are at risk of impaired brain development. Adding creatine to the intravenous solution used to feed them may lower that risk.
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Postdoctoral Researcher (Department of Psychology) & Course Instructor (Department of Biochemistry), Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Interdisciplinary Research Fellow in Biomedicine, Self and Society, University of Edinburgh
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Obstetrician and Perinatal Epidemiologist, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania
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Associate Professor, Midwifery Education Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Philosophy, University of Southampton
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Professor of obstetrics and gynaecology, Bayero University, Kano
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Professeur de psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)