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Ethical use of resources is essential. Only 40 percent of pregnant women in New Mexico receive adequate prenatal care. This state has ranked worst in the nation in the proportion of women receiving late or no prenatal care. This is a problem in other areas of the United States as well as the world. How many people can we provide prenatal care to for the cost of one machine or one test? We should not do without the technological advances, but we need to keep in mind that these advances are expensive and there must be a balance.
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Sedler, K. (1993). A Certified Nurse-Midwife’s Perspective on Intrapartum Biochemical Monitoring of the Fetus. In: Chatterjee, M.S. (eds) Biochemical Monitoring of the Fetus. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2259-8_7
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