Safer Childbirth?: A Critical History of Maternity Care

This second edition updates the first with many new references and new material which includes the Winterton Report, the Midwives Act and new government proposals. It contains extended sections on postnatal maternal morbidity, neonatal morbidity, nutrition, social conditions, breast feeding and the philosophy underlying safe childbirth. This book should be of interest to obstetricians; midwives; statisticians; and researchers.