‘Needless’ birth induction fears

February 7th, 2009

Concerns have been raised about pregnant women being induced “unnecessarily”, after a Scottish audit of 17,000 births.

In more than a quarter of cases, researchers could not find a medical or other explanation for the procedure.

The Aberdeen University team said in the Journal of Public Health that rates of obstetric intervention were rising.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7833058.stm

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