ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2002
Has the medicalisation of childbirth gone too far?
Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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80 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- "An unnecessary cut?" multilevel health systems analysis of drivers of caesarean sections rates in Italy: a systematic review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Pooled it
- Women's experiences of a diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Pooled it
- Immersion in water during labour and birth.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Long-term Impact of Mode of Delivery on Stress Urinary Incontinence and Urgency Urinary Incontinence: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.European urology · 2016Pooled it
- Planned hospital birth versus planned home birth.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Information for pregnant women about caesarean birth.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2004Pooled it
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- Is the operative delivery rate in low-risk women dependent on the level of birth care? A randomised controlled trial.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2011Trial
- Randomised controlled trial of labouring in water compared with standard of augmentation for management of dystocia in first stage of labour.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2004Trial
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- Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Water Birth Compared with Conventional Vaginal Delivery: A Five-Year Retrospective Cohort Study from Southeastern Europe.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Low-risk Cesareans Across the US: A Decomposition of Individual- and County-level Factors by Race/Ethnicity.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Between help and hindrance: a qualitative study on inclusion of birth companions in closed, invited and contested spaces within maternity care settings in Malawi.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Mistreatment and Discrimination during Childbirth, Associations with Symptoms of Childbirth-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Mediating Role of the Subjective Birth Experience: A Quantitative Analysis Within the Prospective Cohort Study RESPECTGeburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2025Article
- Intermittent auscultation fetal monitoring practice in different UK birth settings: a cross-sectional survey.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Medicalization of female life stages: a qualitative research.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Improving complex health systems and lived environments for maternal and perinatal well-being in urban sub-Saharan Africa: the UrbanBirth Collective.Journal of global health · 2025Article
- Midwife-led birthing centres in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Uganda: an economic evaluation of case study sites.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Association of personal and systemic factors on intrapartum risk perception and obstetric intervention rates: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Peripartum dissociation, sense of control, postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder and emotional adjustment to motherhood in adult survivors of childhood maltreatment.Archives of women's mental health · 2024Article
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