Obstetric care in the Netherlands: relic or example?
This review assesses the rise and fall of the unique Dutch system of obstetric care. Why did home deliveries continue in the Netherlands when they almost completely disappeared in the rest of the Western world? Why is the Dutch system currently under so much pressure? Did the participants continue for too long with too conservative an approach? Which of the good things of the past have been lost?
University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Gerard H A
GHA
Visser
D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006700:Home Childbirth / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008880:Midwifery; D009426:Netherlands; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D011247:Pregnancy