"Lamaze International is encouraged by the NIH panel’s focus on an unbiased informed consent process that would include, at minimum, a model of shared decision-making between women and their healthcare providers. The panel acknowledged not only the pressure exerted on women to agree to unnecessary cesareans by their p...roviders, but the conflicts physicians have in providing unbiased information to their patients. Physicians have financial incentives to perform more cesareans, see performing cesareans as protective against lawsuits and liability fears, and cesareans are more convenient for physicians with busy practices."
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