Henci Goer - Reluctant doctors like to believe that they haven't much influence over the

Reluctant doctors like to believe that they haven't much influence over their patients, but that is clearly not the case. Several studies have found that when doctors genuinely encouraged women to have VBACs, most of them did, and when they said nothing or acted neutral, most women didn't. Finally, when obstetricians discouraged VBAC in women who wanted to try it, none of them did.

- Henci Goer

source: Henci Goer (1999). “The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth”, p.163, Penguin

topic: Believe, Doctors, Trying, Obstetricians