mercyorbemoaned is cleaning puke out of her hair, so I've been asked to step in and be her translator.
OBs are causing harm, whether or not they intend to, because the current model of obstetrics does the harming. Parents have experienced this, and it breeds distrust in, let's say, the whole allopathic medical profession. You're thinking that these people are distinguishing between "scientifically sound" methods of treatment or not, when that isn't even on the radar. The problem isn't authority, here, it's that the authority has delegitimized itself in their eyes.
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Date: 2010-06-25 04:50 am (UTC)OBs are causing harm, whether or not they intend to, because the current model of obstetrics does the harming. Parents have experienced this, and it breeds distrust in, let's say, the whole allopathic medical profession. You're thinking that these people are distinguishing between "scientifically sound" methods of treatment or not, when that isn't even on the radar. The problem isn't authority, here, it's that the authority has delegitimized itself in their eyes.