Lothian Judith A
College of Nursing at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, USA.
J Clin Ethics. 2013 Fall;24(3):266-75.
Although there is evidence that supports the safety of planned home birth for healthy women, less than 1 percent of women in the United States choose to have their baby at home. An ethnographic study of the experience of planned home birth provided rich descriptions of women's experiences planning, preparing for, and having a home birth.This article describes findings related to how women make the decision to have a planned home birth. For these women, being safe emerged as central in making the decision. For them, being safe included four factors: avoiding technological birth interventions, knowing the midwife and the midwife knowing them, feeling comfortable and protected at home, and knowing that backup hospital medical care was accessible if needed.
尽管有证据支持健康女性计划在家分娩的安全性，但在美国，只有不到1%的女性选择在家分娩。一项关于计划在家分娩经历的人种志研究，对女性计划、准备和进行在家分娩的经历进行了丰富的描述。本文描述了与女性如何做出计划在家分娩决定相关的研究结果。对这些女性来说，安全是做出这一决定的核心因素。对她们而言，安全包括四个方面：避免分娩时的技术干预、了解助产士且助产士了解她们、在家中感到舒适和受保护，以及知道如有需要可获得医院的后备医疗护理。
