Outcomes of free-standing, midwife-led birth centers: A structured review

Birth

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 222-229

  Walsh, Denis ^a,b   Downe, Soo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; EPISIOTOMY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIRTHING CENTERS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444304021     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0730-7659.2004.00309.x     Document Type: Review

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