Planned hospital birth versus planned home birth

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2012, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Olsen, Ole ^a   Clausen, Jette A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATHER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINEAL CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUTURE TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY; DELIVERY; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREGNANCY; STANDARD;

DELIVERY ROOMS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84873032027     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000352.pub2     Document Type: Review

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