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. 2002 Apr 13;324(7342):892-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.892.

Has the medicalisation of childbirth gone too far?

Richard Johanson  1 , Mary Newburn, Alison Macfarlane
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Has the medicalisation of childbirth gone too far?

Richard Johanson et al. BMJ. .
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Operative delivery rates, 1955 to 1999-2000, in England and Wales. Data from Ministry of Health, Department of Health and Social Security, Welsh Office, Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (maternity hospital in-patient inquiry), and Department of Health (hospital episode statistics)
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Childbirth in the 16th century was the province of women; men kept out of the way
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