Studying episiotomy: when beliefs conflict with science.

Mediating Disagreement: a Theory of Purely Informational Conflict

This paper studies purely informational conflict, which is a situation in which conditional on the acceptance of the same information agents agree about the optimal course of action, but in which agents’ beliefs are in fact inconsistent. The paper presents a way of representing such conflicts, and a framework for studying the mediation of the resulting disagreements. The framework is dynamic, a...

Knowledge, attitude and experience of episiotomy use among doctors and midwives in Viet Nam

The rule of Mitigation of Damages in Medical Law and the Influence of Religious Beliefs in Applying this Rule (Comparative Study with American Law)

When one hurts or sustains a loss or damage due to harmful act, he or she shouldn't be motionless and after that, claim restitution but should act reasonably and do his or her best for blocking or decreasing of loss. The question is. Can this rule also apply to medical law? When patient hurts or subject to hurt because of physician's or other related persons' mistake, injured person should do a...

Risk factoRs foR episiotomy: a case-contRol study

Conflict of interest: none Objective: obtaining information on the factors associated with episiotomy will be useful in sensitizing professionals to the need to minimize its incidence. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate risk factors for episiotomy in pregnant women who had undergone vaginal delivery at a university maternity hospital in northeastern Brazil. Methods: a case-c...

Episiotomy rate in Vietnamese-born women in Australia: support for a change in obstetric practice in Viet Nam.

OBJECTIVE To describe the use of episiotomy among Vietnamese-born women in Australia, including risk factors for, and pregnancy outcomes associated with, episiotomy. METHODS This population-based, retrospective cohort study included data on 598 305 singleton, term (i.e. ≥ 37 weeks' gestation) and vertex-presenting vaginal births between 2001 and 2010. Data were obtained from linked, validated...