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Outcomes of planned home birth with registered midwife versus hospital birth -- 2009
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August 2009: Canadian Medical Association JournalOutcomes of planned home birth with registered midwife versus planned hospital birth with midwife or physician

Patricia A. Janssen, Lee Saxell, Lesley A. Page, Michael C. Klein, Robert M. Liston, Shoo K. Lee CMAJ 2009;181(6-7):377-383

Interpretation: Planned home birth attended by a registered midwife was associated with very low and comparable rates of perinatal death and reduced rates of obstetric interventions and other adverse perinatal outcomes compared with planned hospital birth attended by a midwife or physician.

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Outcomes of planned home births versus planned hospital births after regulation of midwifery in British Columbia
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February 2002: Canadian Medical Association Journal: Outcomes of planned home births versus planned hospital births after regulation of midwifery in British Columbia
Patricia A. Janssen, Shoo K. Lee, Elizabeth M. Ryan, Duncan J. Etches, Duncan F. Farquharson, Donlim Peacock, Michael C. Klein CMAJ 2002;166(3):315-23
Summary: There was no increased maternal or neonatal risk associated with planned home birth under the care of a regulated midwife.
Last Updated ( Friday, 02 January 2009 02:09 )
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