Choice In Childbirth Research Articles

Choices for Childbirth: A Survey of Practice in Melbourne Maternity Hospitals

This paper describes a survey of childbirth practices in Melbourne hospitals. Information was collected from 27 of Melbourne's 34 hospitals with obstetric beds. The survey concentrated on aspects of the management of labour and the newborn where patients could expect to exercise a degree of choice. The survey found large variations in the degree of choice offered to patients in different categories of hospital on more than half the questionnaire items. Patients in large public hospitals were in general given the largest range of choice, followed by private hospital patients. Patient choice was very restricted in most small public hospitals.

The Trouble With “Choice” in Childbirth

ABSTRACT: The alternatives or choices available in childbirth may not address parents' or caregivers' concerns about maternity care adequately because the choices offered are limited, and because parents are not really free to choose. Obstetric care is organized in ways that limit choices, being a hierarchical system dominated by an engineering model of birth, in which caregivers contact parents very briefly and are themselves interchangeable, where efficiency is paramount, and where the technology that has been adopted is confining rather than freeing. Safety is a spurious issue in limiting most choices. Several ways to increase choices in childbirth are discussed.

Review of Choices in childbirth.

Review of Choices in childbirth.

Choices in Childbirth — The Nurse‐Midwifery Service at San Francisco General Hospital

BirthVolume 4, Issue 3 p. 120-122 Choices in Childbirth — The Nurse-Midwifery Service at San Francisco General Hospital Judith Goldschmidt C.N.M., Judith Goldschmidt C.N.M.Search for more papers by this authorRosemary Mann C.N.M., Rosemary Mann C.N.M.Search for more papers by this author Judith Goldschmidt C.N.M., Judith Goldschmidt C.N.M.Search for more papers by this authorRosemary Mann C.N.M., Rosemary Mann C.N.M.Search for more papers by this author First published: September 1977 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-536X.1977.tb01223.xCitations: 2AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume4, Issue3September 1977Pages 120-122 RelatedInformation