Re: ACOG statement
From: Efrain Ramirez (eramirezt@coqui.net)
Wed Nov 15 14:31:23 2006
I do not know about you, but, here, if I accept a Home Birth and
something goes wrong I will have to leave, disappear... so.. it is
inapplicable to me..
Ef
>At Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Andrew Folley wrote:
>
>When reviewing ACOG guidelines, make sure you check to see if the
>recommendations are based on peer reviewed data vs. literature vs
>professional opinions.
>
>>From: Gordon Goldman <obgyndoc@swbell.net>
>>Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net
>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>>Subject: Re: ACOG statement
>>Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:53:02 -0600
>>
>>Kris,
>>
>>Again, I am not going to debate on this forum, but if you or anyone wishes
>>to know what the standards are, they are easily accessible from the joint
>>publication of the AAP and ACOG in their Guidlines for Perinatal Care. I
>>believe the responsibility for compliance with standards as a result of
>>proven, well-documented studies is that of the midwifery profession and
>>not the responsibility of ACOG to point it out to anyone.
>>
>>Gordon M. Goldman, M.D., FACOG
>>Chair, Missouri Section, ACOG
>>
>>On Nov 14, 2006, at 7:55 PM, Kris Bagiu, CPM, RM wrote:
>>
>>>Garry E. Siegel, M.D. wrote:
>>>>Hey Gordon--great reply.
>>>>Kris--how could you expect ACOG to say anything other than what they
>>>>did, for reasons Gordon listed so eloquently? The statement is a darn
>>>>good one, actually.
>>>
>>>Believe it or not I believe there needs to be improvement in midwifery,
>>>specifically direct-entry midwifery and would be pleased to see
>>>accredited programs and credentialing as the norm to address the concerns
>>>of the first paragraph of the statement. What I fail to see is how
>>>issuing statements without solutions accomplishes anything besides
>>>setting a legislative roadblock in place that would make way for the
>>>process of education and credentialing. Home birth will continue to
>>>exist with or without statements and I think helping states coordinate
>>>regulation does more to protect the public than taking a stand against
>>>it. Personally I think it is not the place, it's the practitioner and it
>>>goes for all settings and all practitioners.
>>>
>>>But what do I know? ;)
>>>
>>>Kris Bagiu, CPM, RM
>>>Denver, CO
>>>
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“ The greatest obstacle to knowledge is not ignorance,
it is the illusion of knowledge.” Daniel J. Boorstin - Historian
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