EXTERNAL URL: IMDB | TMDB
Languages: English
Genres: Documentary, News,
Runtime: 1:16:00 Hour
Cast:
Directors: Brigid Maher
Rating: 7.5 (24 Votes)Year: 2015
Summary: In 2012, one in three babies in America were delivered by c-section, despite the World Health Organization's recommendation that Cesarean births remain below 15 percent. How can these disturbing trend be reversed? In recent years, the idea of a collaborative care practice where doctors and midwives manage women's care together has begun to gain traction in the United States. The Mama Sherpas is a feature-length documentary film about women receiving their maternity care through midwife-doctor teams. We follow nurse midwives, the doctors they work with, and their patients to provide an investigative lens into how midwives work within the hospital system.
