Home births in British Columbia

1 February 2001

journal article
Published by Mark Allen Group in British Journal of Midwifery

Vol. 9 (2) , 86
https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2001.9.2.8019

Abstract

A belief that hospital birth is safer than home birth persists in most parts of the world despite good evidence to the contrary. In many developed countries, the view of birth is changing to such an extent that caesarean birth is being promoted as safer than vaginal birth for healthy mothers and babies.

Keywords

HOME BIRTHS
SAFER THAN
GOOD EVIDENCE
BRITISH COLUMBIA
THAN HOME
HEALTHY MOTHERS
CAESAREAN BIRTH
THAN VAGINAL

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