title: Response to wax meta-analysis.
abstract: The recent Wax et al. meta-analysis (1) review of previously published homebirth research reflects the willingness of some medical journals to publish faulty conclusions based on misinformation regarding the need for more data on maternal mortality and on data long ago dismissed as unreliable, in an attempt to discredit homebirth.
authors.forename: Judy Slome
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Cohain
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006700:Home Childbirth / Q000401:mortality* / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008429:Maternal Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D008880:Midwifery / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000401:mortality* / Q000451:nursing; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000401:mortality* / Q000451:nursing