Safer childbirth?

Description:

Reviews the factors that have made birth safer: discredits the hypothesis that obstetricians are responsible for improved safety and supports the alternative view that safety in childbirth depends primarily on the good health of mothers which rising standards of living and nutrition have increasingly made possible.

subjects: Childbirth,  Maternal health services,  History,  Verloskunde,  Maternal Welfare,  Mutterschaftshilfe,  Geburtshilfe,  Midwifery,  Moederschapszorg,  Verloskundige zorg,  Maternal Mortality,  Histoire,  Accouchement,  Mères,  Soins médicaux,  Child health services