Do we have enough evidence to judge midwife led maternity units safe? No  

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Drife, James

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: British Medical Journal (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 335 no. 7621 (Sep. 2007), page 642.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: B16.K.2007.02 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Major changes are being made in the UK's maternity services for political, economic, and clinical reasons. Much has already happened. Antenatal care is provided mainly by midwives outside hospital, with general practitioners playing little or no part and obstetricians seeing only high risk cases. Maternity hospitals are being merged because of pressure to increase consultant presence in labour wards and reduce junior doctors' hours. Large units seem more efficient and can offer more back-up when complications occur. Closing small hospitals is unpopular, however, and a politically attractive alternative is to convert consultant units to free standing midwife led maternity units. The NHS, which has a near monopoly of childbirth, is promoting midwife units as a way of offering choice1 and is advising women that they are safe for low risk pregnancies. This advice is not based on evidence. Problem of defining risk Everyone knows that safety can never be absolute. Nevertheless, hospital delivery has . . .

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