Package of care for active management in labour for reducing caesarean section rates in low-risk women.

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Published in Cochrane Database Syst Rev on October 08, 2008

Authors

Heather C Brown1, Shantini Paranjothy, Therese Dowswell, Jane Thomas

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Worthing Hospital, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, West Sussex, UK, BN11 2DH. heather.brown@wash.nhs.uk

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