Perspectives from Patients and Healthcare Providers on the Practice of Maternal Placentophagy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Placentophagy (maternal consumption of the placenta) has become increasingly prevalent in the past decade among women seeking to promote health and healing during the postpartum period. The purpose of this study was to assess patient and provider familiarity with and attitudes toward placentophagy, as well as patients' willingness to try placentophagy.

Methods

Two cross-sectional surveys with questions regarding placentophagy practice were distributed to healthcare providers and patients. The provider survey was distributed via email listservers to international perinatal professional organizations and to obstetrics and gynecology, nurse midwifery, family medicine, and psychiatry departments at three urban hospitals. Patient surveys were administered in person at an

SUBMITTER: Schuette SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6913118 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature