Regulation of unregistered birth workers in Australia: Homebirth and public safety.

CONCLUSION: Negative licensing provides a useful additional tool for improving the safety of homebirths for mothers and babies, but it does not address the issues leading expectant parents to choose an unregistered birth worker to attend their births, and may contribute to an increase in high-risk behaviours, such as freebirthing.
PMID: 28712530 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Women Birth - July 13, 2017 Category: Midwifery Authors: McWhirter R Tags: Women Birth Source Type: research