Ways of Making Birth Difficult

  • Prof GJ Hofmeyr University of the Witwatersrand
Keywords: Obstetrics, Prenatal Care, Mortality, Episiotomy, Fetal Monitoring, Labor.

Abstract

The remarkable achievements of the modern obstetric era are to some extent diminished by firstly, the failure to make current care available to all, and secondly, the continued use of various procedures which have been shown yo be ineffective, and which may contribute to the hardship of childbearing women.

Author Biography

Prof GJ Hofmeyr, University of the Witwatersrand
MBBCh, MRCOG Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Section
Original Research