In California, many people choose midwives for care because they are looking for holistic treatment. Holistic medicine is characterized by the treatment of the whole patient. The practitioner will take into account physical, mental, and social factors.
Pregnancy and Birth Archive

Approaching Labor and Delivery from a Holistic Point of View
Medical doctors in every specialty tend to treat patients as a sum of their symptoms rather than as entire beings. Healthcare providers focus on what you are feeling and in what part of your body before determining