Henci Goer

Medical Author

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Henci Goer is a medical author.

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Profession: Medical Author

About Henci Goer

[Wikidata] American medical writer... | [Wikipedia] Henci Goer is an American author who writes about pregnancy and childbirth. She is the author of The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth. Her previous book, Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities is a resource for childbirth professionals. Goer has written consumer education pamphlets and ar

Quotes by Henci Goer

You can't be said to make a choice when you only have one option.

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Choice

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Of course, if 40% of women need oxytocin to progress normally, then something is wrong with the definition of normal.

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Definitions

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Excellent outcomes with much lower intervention rates are achieved at home births. This may be because the overuse of interventions in hospital…

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Birth

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Labor will hurt. Probably a lot. But whether this is negative is another matter... A laboring woman can be in a great…

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Ability

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In a branch of medicine rife with paradoxes, contradictions, inconsistencies, and illogic, episiotomy crowns them all. The major argument for episiotomy is…

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Accomplished

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A study of interactions between women and obstetricians offers an explanation. It described three levels of increasing power imbalance: In the first,…

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Birth