title: Has the medicalisation of childbirth gone too far?
authors.affiliation: Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, North Staffordshire Maternity Hospital, Stoke on Trent ST4 6QG.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Johanson
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Newburn
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Macfarlane
mesh_terms: D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008428:Maternal Mortality / Q000639:trends; D008880:Midwifery / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D009321:Natural Childbirth; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000639:trends*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy; D015995:Prevalence; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures