David Miller (physician)

David Miller (Dr.) is a pioneer in the home birth movement in Australia. He was the only rural doctor ever to practice home birth in Australia. As well as practicing at home, with a cohort of loyal midwives, Dr. Miller adapted the water-birth techniques of Michel Odent to a hospital setting.^[1]

At one stage home birth became acceptable in Australia, but growing concerns and insurance-driven conservatism has once again driven home birth underground. Dr. Miller believes that this is a dangerous development as trained home-birth has turned to free-birth, which goes on without professional help and is a life threatening danger to both babies and mothers.^[2]

Dr. Miller has written a number of books and articles; "Birth At Home" Doubleday 1990, and is a regular contributor to "GP Speak" and "The Byron Shire Echo."

References

1. ^ "The Wet Team (The Water-birth Enquiry Team) NRAHS (NSW Health Service - now protocol at Mullumbimby Hospital.) "
2. ^ "preventing Death in Homebirth" Byron Shire Echo 24:05, 7 July 2009, (Australia)

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