Birth: Hospital or Home? That is the Question

Reflections of a practicing obstetrician on the question of hospital vs. home
birth, specifically addressing the issue of increased interventions, in ways known to be traumatic to babies, that
are typical of many hospital births. This increased intervention has created increasing dissatisfaction in mothers
of the birth experience. The attempt is made to simplify the arguments that support home birth when compared
to the hospital management of labor and birth. KEY WORDS: homebirth, hospital birth, midwife care.