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Re: Amish/Mennonite clients From: Meenan, Anna, Kevin (annam@uic.edu) Tue Apr 11 15:42:13 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Meenan, Anna, Kevin: "Universal health care--Massachussets" Previous message: GA12L@aol.com: "World cup 2006 and Wimbledon tennis fortnight" In reply to: Stmidwife@aol.com: "Amish/Mennonite clients" Next in thread: Babycatchers@aol.com: "Re: Amish/Mennonite clients" Ina May sees a lot of Amish clients at her birth center. They tend to be anxious to avoid interventions because they have no health insurance and pay for everything out of pocket. They also, of course, decline to use most modern technology. OTOH, they also tend not to sue for bad outcomes and are more accepting of babies that are not "perfect". They also tend to have lots of babies. I read a book written by a family doc who worked with Amish ladies for several years. The book is called "Dr. Frau: A Woman Doctor Among the Amish" by Grace H. Kaiser. It was a fascinating book. There are a LOT of cultural differences. I was surprised. There are also some stories of Amish births in "Spiritual Midwifery". Anna Meenan, MD >Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" >Content-Language: en > >I was wondering if anyone on this list has a >large amount of Amish/Mennonite clients. I >recently have two clients that don't know one >another who both birthed in Ohio(I am in CA) >with an OB/Gyn at a freestanding birth center >which has Amish/Mennonite clients/room. I know >that both told me that routine tests are done on >a needed only basis. I am wondering what the >other differences are, I was told that the Amish >room was very plain. Can someone expand on this >or if anyone practices close to this facility or >sees Amish clients educate me on cultural >differences. > >Thank you, > >Sue Turner, LM > >Colossians 3:12: And so, as those who have been >chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart >of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness >and patienceŠ Next message: Meenan, Anna, Kevin: "Universal health care--Massachussets" Previous message: GA12L@aol.com: "World cup 2006 and Wimbledon tennis fortnight" In reply to: Stmidwife@aol.com: "Amish/Mennonite clients" Next in thread: Babycatchers@aol.com: "Re: Amish/Mennonite clients"

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