Home births: the report of the 1994 confidential enquiry by the National Birthday Trust Fund

By:

Chamberlain, Geoffrey (ed)

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Publication details: New York Parthenon Publishing Group 1997Description: 293; ill.,bibls.; BookFindISBN:

1850709343

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Contents:

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.

Summary: HardbackSummary: 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.

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Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Shelves	WQ 155 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		HOM0954

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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.

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