Who Can We Trust: A Look At Obstetric Violence

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Who Can We Trust: A Look At Obstetric Violence

February 7, 2022

by Maddie Burnett, Nawal Hamza, Judah Izsak and Yousef Abumustafa

Demystifying Medicine

This video gives a brief overview of what obstetric violence is and the detrimental effects it can have on birthing people.

Who Can We Trust A Look At Obstetric Violence

Obstetric violence is a critical issue facing our society and needs to be addressed now. This video gives a brief overview of what obstetric violence is and the detrimental effects it can have on birthing people. We then look at some ways future and current medical professionals can address obstetric violence as well as some actions others can take. Finally we will provide some resources for both medical professionals and birthing people to access where they can learn more about obstetric violence.

Timestamps:
0:40- What is Obstetric Violence
2:55- Effects Of Obstetric Violence
3:39- What Can Medical Students Do? (Case Study)
5:35- What Can Current Medical Professionals Do?
6:32- What Can Others Do?
7:45- Resources
9:43- Conclusion

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References

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Additional Resources

Birth Place Lab, University of British Columbia Scientific Tools to measure respectful perinatal healthcare https://www.birthplacelab.org/tools/
Giving Voice to Mothers: inequity and mistreatment during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States. Reproductive Health, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-019-07...
Changing Childbirth in BC: a policy report. Birth Place Lab, University of British Columbia. 2019 https://www.birthplacelab.org/wp-cont...
The RESPCCT Study: Research Examining the Stories of Pregnancy and Childbearing in Canada Today (ongoing study: closes December 2021) https://www.birthplacelab.org/respcct/
Other Resources Birth Monopoly https://birthmonopoly.com/obstetric-v...
Birth Rights Bar Association Birth Rights: A Resource for Everyday People to Defend Rights in Childbirth https://birthrightsbar.org/resources/...
Birth Rights Bar Association Canada (BRBA Canada) www.brbacanada.ca The story of Kimberly Turbin: https://qz.com/1146836/doctors-who-ig...
And the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCfXx...
WHO Intrapartum Care for a positive childbirth experience https://www.who.int/reproductivehealt...

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