Use of Routine Interventions in Labour and Birth in Canadian Hospitals: Comparing Results of the 1993 and 2007 Canadian Hospital Maternity Policies and Practices Surveys

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1208-1217

  Levitt, Cheryl ^a   Hanvey, Louise ^b   Bartholomew, Sharon ^c   Kaczorowski, Janusz ^d   Chalmers, Beverley ^e,f   Heaman, Maureen ^g   Li, Xiaoke ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Canadian Institute of Child Health   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth; Hospitals; Interventions; Obstetric labour; Policy maternity care

Indexed keywords

ENEMA;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HAIR REMOVAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR STAGE 2; LABOR SUPPORT; LITHOTOMY POSITION; MULTIPARA; PARITY; PRIMIPARA; SUPPOSITORY; DELIVERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME;

ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CANADA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ENEMA; EPISIOTOMY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859717308     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)35104-0     Document Type: Article

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