Midwife-led maternity care in Ireland – a retrospective cohort study
Abstract Background Midwife-led maternity care is shown to be safe for women with low-risk during pregnancy. In Ireland, two midwife-led units (MLUs) were introduced in 2004 when a randomised controlled trial (the MidU study) was performed to compare MLU care with consultant-led care (CLU). Followin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-03-01
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| Series: | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12884-017-1285-9 |