I admit this is a far extreme example but there are lines where a patient doesn't have a right to choose their care. If a patient walks in with a cut on a foot requiring stitches but the care requested by the patient is above the knee amputation, obviously the doc isn't going to provide that. I'm not saying that's…

Well when I read the block quote carefully, it did state

Look, I'm not saying sections are preferred and you are really unfairly generalizing when you cast your sister in the same net. Almost all mothers prefer vaginal and I know no obgyn that I work with who would opt to do a section than do a vaginal delivery unless they have to (nurses do most of the hard work there :-)…

Hospital obgyn here who knows/cares nothing about hospital bureaucracy or financial incentives for things. What I can say though, is that patients are not the best advocates of their own care quite often. This goes for pregnancy, child vaccinations, dermatological issues, pain administration, ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK…

Hospital obgyn here who knows/cares nothing about hospital bureaucracy or financial incentives for things. What I can say though, is that patients are not the best advocates of their own care quite often. This goes for pregnancy, child vaccinations, dermatological issues, pain administration, ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK…