|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|||
|
||||
|
||||
Re: OB:Home Births in AustraliaFrom: Malcolm Griffiths (Malcolm@MGRIFF22.demon.co.uk)Sun Aug 30 12:40:12 1998
In message <199808262212.RAA08894@talk.obgyn.net>, John Robertson M.D. <john.robertson@obgyn.net> writes >Was wondering how many of you have read the recent (8 Aug. 1998) >Article in the BMJ titled "Perinatal death associated with planned home >birth in Australia: population based study". The conclusions state: >Australian home births carried a high death rate compared with both all >Australian births and home births elsewhere. The two largest >contributors to the excess mortality were underestimation of the risks >associated with post-term birth, twin pregnancy and breech presentation, >and a lack of response to fetal distress.
Quite agree that the message was that the excess mortality was due to
home births in high risk cases. The paper therefore has little or no
relevance to our local experience of home births, where it is restricted
to low risk cases.
> The BMJ has a very strict linguistic approach which involves a control of style and spelling in the BMJ, its associated journals and other in- house publications. I have even had attempts to change language in a medical book for lay-readers, I wrote, which was published by a company formerly associated with the BMJ. Fetal is definitely the accepted BMJ house style. It is of course correct English usage. Foetal is rarely seen even in England. Malcolm Griffiths MD,MRCOG,MFFP,Cert.Mgmnt Obstetrician & Gynaecologist Luton & Dunstable Hosp.,UK. Tel: 01582-497459 (office) Fax: 01582-497376 01525-222849 (home) email: Malcolm@mgriff22.demon.co.uk http://www.obgyn.net/board/griffith.htm "CLINICAL FREEDOM IS THE LAST REFUGE OF THE CLINICALLY INCOMPETENT!" (Someone [1997])
|
|
Return to
|
Mail a New Message to the Forum: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net Forum Administrator: geffrey.klein@obgyn.net Report Technical Problems: webmaster@obgyn.net Last Updated: Wed Dec 2 05:25:10 2009 |
The American Medical Association is no longer designating CME hours for AMA Category II CME credit. However, physicians themselves may self designate learning activities as Category II CME credit hours if they feel it is of sufficient educational merit and meets the formal definitions of continuing medical education. OBGYN.net believes these interaction in this forum meets these criteria. For further information see the AMA web site.