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Informed consent/ informed choice in maternity care Adjunct Associate Professor Belinda Maier Midwifery Advisor QH 2009-2013 [email protected]
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Informed consent/ informed choice in maternity care
Adjunct Associate Professor Belinda Maier
Midwifery Advisor QH 2009-2013
Informed consent
This term was first used in a 1957 medical malpractice case by Paul G. Gebhard
Don't endanger your baby by taking harmful medication!
Don’t be a martyr this is the 21st century!!
Who has the most invested in the baby?
Time to inform ?
Framing information
Language of risk
Framing information
Information as a way to ensure compliance
Informed refusal
Dilemma of refusal
Wide range
Wide ranging effects
Some examples:
water birth
homebirth
amniocentesis
induction
Management of third stage
What we can do better to promote Informed decision making by women?
Some final words…
“Birth is as safe as l i fe gets”
Harriet Hartigan
