The safety of home birth: Is the evidence good enough?

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 181, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 359-360

  McLachlan, Helen ^a   Forster, Della ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; NOTE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 70349197602     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.091240     Document Type: Note

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