A crusade against home birth

Birth. 2014 Mar;41(1):1-4. doi: 10.1111/birt.12099.

Authors

Melissa Cheyney¹, Paul Burcher, Saraswathi Vedam

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR, USA; She is also a certified professional midwife, the chair of the Board of Direct-Entry Midwifery for the State of Oregon, and the chair of the MANA Division of Research.

PMID: 24654631
DOI: 10.1111/birt.12099

No abstract available

Keywords: ethics; home childbirth; neonatal outcomes; place of birth; stillbirth.

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MeSH terms

Apgar Score*
Birthing Centers / statistics & numerical data*
Delivery Rooms / statistics & numerical data*
Delivery, Obstetric / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Home Childbirth / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Midwifery / statistics & numerical data*
Nervous System Diseases / epidemiology*
Obstetrics / statistics & numerical data*
Pregnancy
Seizures / epidemiology*