Safer Childbirth? : A critical history of maternity care

The revolution in maternity care: the diverse strands of a complicated tapestry.- Birth attendants and their places of practice.- The practices of attendants before birth.- The practices of attendants around the time of birth.- Maternity care; a public concern.- Evaluating the results of maternity care: statistical instruments.- Mortality of the mother.- Mortality of the child.- Epilogue: drawing fair conclusions from factual evidence.