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Ketamine InsightsPsychedelic Medicine & Childbirth: A Midwife Shares Wisdom on Patient Centered CareHost Molly welcomes midwife and activist Betsy Merbitz to discuss the importance of patient-centered care in childbirth and in psychedelic therapies. Our conversation delves into the distinctions between holistic and medical models, focusing on the role of the individual as the primary healer. Betsy describes her work as a Certified Professional Midwife, the importance of holding space, and the historical context of the medicalization of birth. We explore the role of profit-seeking in the creation of our current healthcare systems while bemoaning the lack of accountability built into those systems. We note that both psychedelics and childbirth h...2024-05-311h 01