A recent discussion article by Dr Ellen Tilden and colleagues has proposed that the principles underlying good end-of-life care are relevant to maternity care. The US Institute of Medicine guidelines …
Category: Respectful maternal healthcare
A comment piece by Duncan Fisher of The Family Initiative. After the Second World War, birth in western countries was gradually moved out of the home and into hospitals. Infant …
Researchers have looked at the quality of maternal health care in 1,342 large maternal health centres in five countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda and United Republic of Tanzania. They rated …