Utah obstetricians ’ opinions of planned home birth and conflicting NICE/ACOG guidelines: A qualitative study

ConclusionPhysician objectivity may be limited by biases against home birth, which stem from limited familiarity with published evidence, negative experiences with home‐to‐hospital transfers, and distrust of home birth providers in a health care system not designed to support home birth.

Source: Birth - February 17, 2017 Category: OBGYN Authors: Emily Rainey, Sara Simonsen, Joseph Stanford, Kimberley Shoaf, Jami Baayd Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research