In 1900, most Americans gave Birth and died at home, with minimal medical intervention.
But the evidence suggests that birthing and dying people receive too much--even harmful--medical.
The Medicalization we now see is due in large part to federal and state policies that draw patients away from community-based providers, such as Birth centers and hospice care, and toward the most intensive and costliest kinds of care.
By contrast, most Americans today begin and end their lives in hospitals.
In 1900, most Americans gave Birth and died at home, with minimal medical intervention