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Is Normal Birth Safe? Questions Raised by the Ockenden Report in the UK
Journal of Perinatal Education (2022)
  • Judith Lothian, Seton Hall University
Abstract
In this column, the associate editor of The Journal of Perinatal Education raised the question “Is Normal Birth Safe through critical analysis of questions raised by the Ockenden Report in the UK. The associate editor also describes the contents of this issue, which offer a broad range of resources, research, and inspiration for childbirth educators in their efforts to promote, support, and protect natural, safe, and healthy birth.
Keywords
  • normal birth,
  • healthy birth,
  • midwifery physiological childbirth education,
  • perinatal education
Publication Date
2022
DOI
10.1891/JPE-2022-0011
Citation Information
Judith Lothian. "Is Normal Birth Safe? Questions Raised by the Ockenden Report in the UK" Journal of Perinatal Education (2022) ISSN: 1058-1243
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/judith-lothian/82/