Betsy writes:
"Around here, if a patient is non-compliant, a physician has the right 
to terminate care."

What a loaded statement! Anyone who thinks is an exaggeration, I can 
tell you it is not. Does anyone wonder why women have the births they 
do and why babies can't breastfeed? How can anyone make this statement 
and at the same time argue that women are "forcing" doctors into giving 
them medicalized births? In this environment, if the doctor believes 
that intervention is unecessary and risky, then wouldn't he have a lot 
of power to force her compliance? How can it be both ways? It seems to 
me that this statement, more than any other, clarifies where the power 
lies, unless a mother is very strong and willing to stay out of the 
medical model completely.
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA

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