Open AccessQuestions from Our Readers: Commentary on Lamaze International's Statement on Induction
Author(s) -
Judith A. Lothian
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the journal of perinatal education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1548-8519
pISSN - 1058-1243
DOI - 10.1624/105812401x88110
Subject(s) - statement (logic) , medical education , childbirth , medicine , engineering ethics , pregnancy , political science , engineering , law , biology , genetics
Lamaze International recommends that "pregnant women neither choose nor agree to be induced unless there is a true medical indication for induction." This commentary discusses the recommendation and its implications for the practice of childbirth education.