Planned home birth in Australia: politics or science?

Editorial

Andrew F Pesce. Med J Aust. 2010.

. 2010 Jan 18;192(2):60-1.

doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03416.x.

No abstract available

Comment on

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Interpreting evidence: why values can matter as much as science.
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