title: Active management of the third stage of labor: why is it controversial?
authors.affiliation: Maternal and Neonatal Health Program, JHPIEGO.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vivio
authors.forename: Deanne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007749:Labor Stage, Third; D008880:Midwifery / Q000592:standards*; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000592:standards*; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011787:Quality of Health Care