Inconsistent Definitions of Labour Progress and Over-medicalisation Cause Unnecessary Harm During Birth

Overview

Journal BMJ

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2023 Dec 12

PMID 38084433

Authors

Nanna Maaloe

Monica Lauridsen Kujabi

Nina Olsen Nathan

Morten Skovdal

Brenda Sequeira Dmello

Susan Wray

Thomas van den Akker

Natasha Housseine

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