From Sperm to Worm: por qué la sanidad necesita una dosis de hospitalidad | Cara Osborne | TEDxFargo

La matrona y emprendedora Cara Osborne se pregunta por qué Estados Unidos gasta más en atención a la maternidad que cualquier otro país, pero registra la tasa de mortalidad materna más alta del mundo desarrollado. Según la ponente, el sistema sanitario ha empezado a tratar procesos fisiológicos normales, como el embarazo, como enfermedades. Partiendo de las raíces latinas comunes de «hospital» y «hospitality», defiende un sistema basado en la conexión humana, la reciprocidad y la seguridad. TED señala que las opiniones son personales y que varias afirmaciones carecen de respaldo científico.

• Gasto en maternidad en EE. UU. frente a la mortalidad materna
• El embarazo como proceso fisiológico normal
• La hospitalidad como modelo sanitario

NOTE FROM TED: Please do not look to this talk as a substitute for health advice. Contents only represent the speaker's personal views and business approach to nature exposure, physiology, and health. Several claims lack legitimate scientific support. We've flagged this talk because it falls outside the content guidelines TED gives TEDx organizers. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/tedx_content_guidelines.pdf Why does the United States spend more on maternity care than any other country on the planet, yet suffer from the worst maternal mortality rate in the developed world? In this thought-provoking talk, midwife and entrepreneur Cara Osborne explores how our modern healthcare system has lost its way by treating normal physiological processes like pregnancy as illnesses and diseases. By tracing the shared Latin roots of the words "hospital" and "hospitality," Osborne makes a powerful case for returning to a system centered on human connection, reciprocity, and safety. Sharing insights from her unique professional journey, from delivering babies in Haiti to running a horse farm and retreat in Kentucky, she demonstrates how reconnecting with nature, animals, and community can shift our bodies out of fight-or-flight and allow our natural physiology to thrive. This talk is an urgent call to action to rethink health through the lens of hospitality, helping us live healthier lives from cradle to grave. Cara Osborne MSN, CNM, ScD is a nurse midwife who holds a Masters in Nursing from Vanderbilt, and a Masters and Doctorate in Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health. She spent her early career as a clinician, nursing professor and perinatal epidemiology researcher. Cara owned and operated her own health services business, and in 2013, she sold her business to the partners fund at Fortress Investment Group. She has spent the past three years as a professor of practice in Entrepreneurship at the University of Arkansas Sam M Walton College of Business, starting businesses and advising start-ups. She is a technical advisor to Diana Health, a venture backed comprehensive maternity care solution based in New York, founder of Blaize and Brooks Bourbon, Managing Partner at Native Spirit Holdings and a maternal health subject matter expert for Ingeborg Initiatives. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx