McClain C
J Fam Pract. 1981 Jun;12(6):1033-8.
In the current professional debate over the relative advantages and disadvantages of birth in hospitals vs birth at home, chief concern has been given to issues of medical risk. However, little is known about how lay women as consumers of maternity care assess the risks of birth location. This paper briefly reviews the social literature examining the factors that influence women's obstetric plans in a variety of social and cultural contexts. Two important considerations emerge. First, women's perceptions of medical risk frequently do not conform to mainstream obstetrics doctrine, and second, women's birth plans are based on evaluations of social as well as medical risks and benefits connected with place of birth.
在当前关于医院分娩与家庭分娩相对优缺点的专业辩论中，主要关注点一直是医疗风险问题。然而，对于作为孕产妇护理消费者的普通女性如何评估分娩地点的风险，我们却知之甚少。本文简要回顾了社会文献，这些文献探讨了在各种社会和文化背景下影响女性产科计划的因素。出现了两个重要的考虑因素。首先，女性对医疗风险的认知往往不符合主流产科教义，其次，女性的分娩计划是基于对与出生地相关的社会和医疗风险及益处的评估。
