Comments on: Then and Now http://harmonist.us/2009/06/then-and-now/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:29:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Citta Hari http://harmonist.us/2009/06/then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Citta Hari Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:59:26 +0000 http://harmonist.us/?p=1323#comment-324 I amazes me how here in the West even death can become specialized and expensive--commercialization has taken the rights of families to care for the dead out of their hands and put it into the hands of specialists (who generally get paid quite well for their services). This is largely the case with birth as well. As apparent in the article values are shifting back to a more DIY ethic which is ultimately more healing due to its intimate and personalized nature. This trend is also extending to the realm of birth with more people choosing home births with midwives as opposed to the hospital/factory approach. I see both of these trends as symptomatic of a societal shift toward a more natural way of doing things that our forebears understood very well but has been lost in the wake of technology's dominance. I hope the trend continues. I amazes me how here in the West even death can become specialized and expensive–commercialization has taken the rights of families to care for the dead out of their hands and put it into the hands of specialists (who generally get paid quite well for their services). This is largely the case with birth as well.

As apparent in the article values are shifting back to a more DIY ethic which is ultimately more healing due to its intimate and personalized nature. This trend is also extending to the realm of birth with more people choosing home births with midwives as opposed to the hospital/factory approach. I see both of these trends as symptomatic of a societal shift toward a more natural way of doing things that our forebears understood very well but has been lost in the wake of technology’s dominance. I hope the trend continues.

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