title: A description of birth in Finland.
abstract: The health care of women and children living in Finland is described. In the Finnish health care delivery system, perinatal health care is family centered, maximizing professional support through use of nurses in the delivery of primary care across the childbearing year and technological interventions are judiciously used based on evidence of efficacy.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA. lynn_callister@byu.edu
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Callister
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lauri
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vehvilainen-Julkunen
mesh_terms: D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008880:Midwifery / Q000458:organization & administration; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000458:organization & administration; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*