Outcomes of independent midwifery attended births in birth centres and home births: A retrospective cohort study in Japan

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 965-972

  Kataoka, Yaeko ^a   Eto, Hiromi ^a   Iida, Mariko ^a  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birth centre; Home birth; Independent midwife; Retrospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CENTRE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT MIDWIFE; JAPAN; MATERNITY WARD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NURSE MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

BIRTH CENTRE; HOME BIRTH; INDEPENDENT MIDWIFE; RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTHING CENTERS; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NURSE MIDWIVES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880035277     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.12.020     Document Type: Article

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