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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]It has always been weird to me that doctors not affiliated with the child in question get to be the complaining party when things like this happen. [/quote]

i[b]t's because they are in the position to know when proper procedure wasn't followed[/b].  They are peers, and are able to determine whether the midwife took unnecessary risks.  
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This is the whole problem -- who is to say that their procedure is the absolute best and only way to do things?  Why do they get to determine what proper procedure is for ALL birth attendants?  Their way is not infallible.  Their way still results in the occasional tragic outcome.  They should not have the last say over how other people deliver babies, period.

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I get that you don't want doctors to judge midwives because of perceived conflict of interest, but to me it sounds like you're saying that in theory, standards of practice may exist, but in practice, they don't, since people can't agree on the ultimate authority and source of these standards. The necessary consequence of this de facto lack of standards in midwifery care is that when things go terribly wrong, people get to nod and say, yeah, birth is natural, tragedies sometimes happen, everyone get a hanky and go home.  That is, no one, including the midwife, is liable for breaking standards of practice since there aren't any to begin with.

Let's make this really basic.

Do you believe that sometimes midwives make mistakes?

How do we know that they make mistakes? Against what standard do we compare them?

Should there be professional consequences for midwife mistakes, including ban on practicing?[/quote]

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