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@SweetFellowshipper

From what I can tell, your article is from a charity with an agenda.

http://www.rhmjournal.org.uk/about/about-rhm/

Also, the article is written by an attorney and not a doctor.

The second source is a survey. I only briefly glanced at it and it as some methodology issues that make me question the reliability of the survey.

Many of the other sources are newspaper articles about specific instances.

I can't take this article too seriously.

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14 minutes ago, Ali said:

@SweetFellowshipper

From what I can tell, your article is from a charity with an agenda.

http://www.rhmjournal.org.uk/about/about-rhm/

Also, the article is written by an attorney and not a doctor.

The second source is a survey. I only briefly glanced at it and it as some methodology issues that make me question to reliability of the survey.

Many of the other sources are newspaper articles about specific instances.

I can't take this article too seriously.

The first is published in a peer reviewed medical journal that includes medical professionals on its board. However, I don't understand why a doctor would write such an article-- I haven't seen many articles from police captains on police brutality, either. Such an article would have a clear "agenda" as well. However, the editorial advisory board includes three professors of medicine. 

The second source is not a survey, but a report published by the Harvard School of Public Health that was made available by the World Health Organization on the subject of obstetric violence. It was written by one author with a Master's of Public Health and this woman, an M.D. and practicing family physician for many years, author of several other studies on effective strategies in childbirth:

http://www.mcsprogram.org/about/leadership/kathleen-hill/

https://www.fphighimpactpractices.org/content/kathleen-hill-md-mph

http://health.usnews.com/doctors/kathleen-hill-655433

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@SweetFellowshipper

A description of the methodology begins on page 14.

https://maternitysurvey.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/mss-report-5-1-14-final.pdf

The attorney is a Senior Staff Attorney for National Advocates for Pregnant Women. She would be biased in my opinion and is not a doctor , so she is limited in her medical knowledge and her career is dependent on women feeling obsessed by obstetrics.

Reproductive Health Matters appears to be the publisher of this article. I linked their description in my above post.

 

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11 minutes ago, Ali said:

@SweetFellowshipper

A description of the methodology begins on page 14.

https://maternitysurvey.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/mss-report-5-1-14-final.pdf

The attorney is a Senior Staff Attorney for National Advocates for Pregnant Women. She would be biased in my opinion and is not a doctor , so she is limited in her medical knowledge and her career is dependent on women feeling obsessed by obstetrics.

Reproductive Health Matters appears to be the publisher of this article. I linked their description in my above post.

 

OK, so you wanted a practicing M.D. to write it--one did, and the methodology isn't good enough. Also, the report I posted has many references from a variety of studies, and not just the one you posted, so I'm not sure what you're looking at...

Yes, Reproductive Health Matters (the journal) is listed as a peer reviewed medical journal. The editorial advisory board includes a professor of sexual health at the school of public health and community medicine at the University of New South Wales, a professor of medicine at the University of Oslo, an associate professor at the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Washington, the director of the center for research and evaluation in reproductive health at the Harvard School of Public Health, the human rights advisor for the department of reproductive health and research at the World Health Organization, a professor at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Assiut University, and an assistant professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins.

I suppose one could be more knowledgeable and educated than the medical professional who compiled the report for Harvard/WHO, as well as all of the above combined, but if you are I highly suggest conducting your own study negating their findings through your institution if you are 'obsessed' by obstetrics having no problems.

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On 12/28/2016 at 11:23 AM, grandmadugger said:

JD passed the EMT classes so his SOTDRT education wouldn't come into play. The test isn't easy to pass and it is fairly common not to pass the first time out.  He is no less capable than any other EMT. 

Yes, this. My husband is well-educated through high school, undergrad, and grad school, and did well in his EMT class, but still stressed quite a bit over passing the exam. He ended up doing very well on it, but he knew other reasonably smart people who didn't pass, and worried accordingly.

Maintaining the certification also requires continuing education through specific, approved courses. JD can't just make stuff up at home and call it good. There's no easy way to skirt the requirements. He's earned it.

It must have been scary for him to respond when it was his sister. I hope he's good at compartmentalizing. My husband had to respond to a call that turned out to be his dad once. I could never do it. Even with a stranger, I'd have a hard time not shouting "holy crap you're really hurt!" With family? I would be the worst first responder ever.

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