What does it mean to have truly collaborative birth care? Why is it so much harder than everyone “just getting along?”
Maggie Runyon, MSN, RNC-OB 
Dr Nathan Riley, MD
In our last episode of season 2 we are joined by Dr Nathan Riley, MD of the Obgyno Wino Podcast to discuss collaborative birth care.
We discuss how medicine & obstetrics has historically excluded midwives and other community caregivers, and the intentional harm that has caused, particularly in communities of color.
We identify the challenges in changing the mindset about what responsibilities physicians have for birth, and the conversations that need to be happening between hospital-based birth professionals and their patients and the community at large.
We also explore some of the present-day barriers to collaborative care and our vision for working through them!
We are excited to share a new resource with you to help you check and see that you are creating a collaborative community around you, and that you know who to refer to when situations present with needs outside of your expertise or scope of practice. Please fill out the form below to have this free download sent to you!
Nathan referenced the healthcare system issue with growing administration and recommended this article from Robert Kocher to read more about it.
You can keep up with Nathan and his work on his website, where he’ll be sharing more information about his growing holistic gynecology practice in 2021!
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Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Gonna Start” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)