Add to ORKGA large scale study on maternity care in the Netherlands, describing many facets of midwifery care in relation to the preferred place of birth (at home or in hospital), the obstetric result, and the experiences of childbirth. In the Netherlands only women with low risk pregnancies are free to choose where to give birth, at home or in hospital, assisted by an midwife (or general practitioner). The study showed that for these women the outcome of planned home births is at least as good as that of planned hospital births. The choice to give birth at home or in hospital was found to be based primarily on social factors, such as the confidence of family and friends in home birth and the expected influence of the hospital environment on ...
Background: Most studies on birth settings investigate the association between planned place of birt...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...
In the Netherlands women with low risk pregnancies can choose whether they want to give birth at hom...
Objective: To investigate the relation between the intended place of birth (home or hospital) and pe...
Objective: Identification of midwifery-related factors influencing the varied percentage of home bir...
Objective: to examine the reasons for the variation in home-birth rates between midwifery practices....
Background: In the Netherlands women with low-risk pregnancies are free to choose where to give birt...
Within several years childbirth, from an intimate and family event, turned into a medical event, sub...
In the Netherlands, pregnant women can choose between a home birth or hospital birth. In order to pr...
Objectives: In the Netherlands, approximately one-third of births are planned home births, mostly su...
Background: Most studies on birth settings investigate the association between planned place of birt...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...
In 1965 two-thirds of all births in The Netherlands occurred at home. In the next 25 years, that sit...
Background: Most studies on birth settings investigate the association between planned place of birt...
Background: Most studies on birth settings investigate the association between planned place of birt...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...
In the Netherlands women with low risk pregnancies can choose whether they want to give birth at hom...
Objective: To investigate the relation between the intended place of birth (home or hospital) and pe...
Objective: Identification of midwifery-related factors influencing the varied percentage of home bir...
Objective: to examine the reasons for the variation in home-birth rates between midwifery practices....
Background: In the Netherlands women with low-risk pregnancies are free to choose where to give birt...
Within several years childbirth, from an intimate and family event, turned into a medical event, sub...
In the Netherlands, pregnant women can choose between a home birth or hospital birth. In order to pr...
Objectives: In the Netherlands, approximately one-third of births are planned home births, mostly su...
Background: Most studies on birth settings investigate the association between planned place of birt...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...
In 1965 two-thirds of all births in The Netherlands occurred at home. In the next 25 years, that sit...
Background: Most studies on birth settings investigate the association between planned place of birt...
Background: Most studies on birth settings investigate the association between planned place of birt...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...