This is the report of the 1994 confidential enquiry by the National Birthday Trust Fund (U.K.), also known as the 1994 Home Births Study, conducted by Professor Geoffrey Chamberlain, Midwife Ann Wraight, and Doctor Patricia Crowley. It is an informative and comprehensive study of births intended to take place at home, shows that planned birth at home is a safe option, that the women who are being selected for home births are appropriate, and that midwives manage home births well and competently. The book contains twelve chapters, a glossary, and appendices of the questionnaires used in the study. Though published primarily for a U.K. readership, its data is of interest to medical researchers and policy-makers everywhere.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-85070-934-3 (9781850709343)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Preface. History of Home Birth. Organisation of the study. Profile of women and the survey. The birth. After the delivery. The baby. Choice and satisfaction. Home births not registered in the study. The follow-up survey. An economic evaluation ofhome birth. Implications of the findings of the survey. Recommendations. Glossary. Appendices - The questionnaires used.
