Abstract
A survey of perinatal mortality in Northern Ireland has shown that despite a progressive fall in the proportion of deliveries at home the perinatal mortality rate in domiciliary practice has risen in recent years. Overall, however, the perinatal mortality rate for all deliveries compares well with English figures. It seems that as the proportion of deliveries in hospital and general-practitioner obstetric unit rises a hard core of high risk patients is left who insist on delivery at home. Three prerequisites for good general-practice obstetrics are careful selection of cases, intelligent antenatal care, and close co-operation between the general practitioner and the consultant.
Full text
PDF
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Banwell G. S., Hamilton I. G. Use of maternity beds in a new general practitioner unit. J R Coll Gen Pract. 1970 May;19(94):282–285. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Cavenagh A. J. Role of the general-practitioner maternity unit. 1,000 deliveries analysed. Br Med J. 1966 Feb 26;1(5486):533–534. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5486.533. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Gall A. M. Report on a maternity unit. The first thousand confinements. Practitioner. 1966 Jul;197(177):90–93. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Hobbs M. S., Acheson E. D. Perinatal mortality and the organization of obstetric services in the Oxford area in 1962. Br Med J. 1966 Feb 26;1(5486):499–505. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5486.499. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Hobbs M. S. Survey of general-practitioner maternity units in England and Wales. Br Med J. 1967 Nov 4;4(5574):287–290. doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5574.287. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Oldershaw K. L., Brudenell J. M. Use by general practitioners of obstetric beds in a consultant unit: report of first 500 cases. Br Med J. 1968 Jul 13;3(5610):112–116. doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5610.112. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Stirling H. The Belvidere guinea pig. Scott Med J. 1965 Oct;10(10):371–380. doi: 10.1177/003693306501001001. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]