Early Admission  + More Medical Intervention = Less than Ideal Birth
Outcomes

Guest Speaker
Michael Klein, MD, Head of the Department of Family Practice and Director of
the Family Health Program
at Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia will present his
on-going research.

Discussant
Joan Robillard, MD, Vancouver-based Maternity & Family Practice physician,
will kick off the question period with comments based on her experience in
providing care for birthing mothers

Moderator
Liz Whynot, MD, Senior Program Support Physician, Women's and Family Health,
Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia will act as moderator
for the question and answer period which will follow the presentation

The relationship between a woman and her care provider can set the stage for
a successful birth. The physician's style of practice and belief system
about care can strongly influence both this relationship and the outcome of
the birthing process.

Dr. Michael Klein will present his ongoing research in which physicians'
actions were studied to deter-mine if there is a correlation between the
mean cervical dilation of the physician's patients at time of admission to
hospital and birthing outcomes.
Do physicians who encourage patients to come in to hospital early have
better outcomes than physicians who admit patients later?

Preliminary research findings suggest that the women looked after by
physicians who on average admit their patients earlier had higher rates of
medical intervention and poorer birth outcomes than physicians who admit
women later.

Date
Tuesday, February 22, 2000
3:00 - 5:00 pm (Free Admission)

Audience
Everyone welcome!

Please reserve a seat by calling 875.2484

Event Location
BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, E311
(3rd floor) at BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre, 4500 Oak Street (gate 3
entrance at Heather St &
29th Ave), Vancouver, BC.

Refreshments served. Lower mainland transportation subsidies and services
for persons with disabilities available with 2 days advance request.

Women's Health Speaker Series 2000
BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
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