Revolution in maternity care: the diverse strands of a complicated tapestry -- Birth attendants and their places of practice -- Practices of attendants before birth -- Practices of attendants around the time of birth -- Maternity care: a public concern -- Evaluating the results of maternity care: statistical instruments -- Mortality of the mother -- Mortality of the child -- Epilogue: drawing fair conclusions from factual evidence
Summary
This new edition considers the evidence on which the author's recommended changes in policy were made and the implications of implementing them. Statistics suggested that for some women hospital birth might actually be more dangerous than home birth
