Alternative versus conventional institutional settings for birth

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2012, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Hodnett, Ellen D ^a   Downe, Soo ^b   Walsh, Denis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY ROOM; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HUMAN; MATERNITY WARD; META ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BIRTHING CENTERS; BREAST FEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84866755891     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000012.pub4     Document Type: Review

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