The Canadian birth place study: examining maternity care provider attitudes and interprofessional conflict around planned home birth
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The Canadian birth place study: examining maternity care provider attitudes and interprofessional conflict around planned home birth
BACKGROUND Available birth settings have diversified in Canada since the integration of regulated midwifery. Midwives are required to offer eligible women choice of birth place; and 25-30% of midwifery clients plan home births. Canadian provincial health ministries have instituted reimbursement schema and regulatory guidelines to ensure access to midwives in all settings. Evidence from well-des...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1471-2393
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-353