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This paper was presented at a Health Conference in March 2007, celebrating the 150th birthday of the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne. It discusses the definition of “normal childbirth”, and the pros and cons of three medical technologies a aDefinition: The word “medical technology” is used as a general concept including medical and diagnostic devices, drugs and other therapies.: caesarean...
Does a policy of mandatory second opinion before caesarean section reduce the caesarean section rate in hospitals in Latin America?Cluster randomised controlled trial.The mandatory second opinion policy significantly reduced the caesarean section rate compared with no intervention in hospitals in Latin America (mean difference in caesarean section rate change: −1.9%; 95% CI −3.8 to −0.1; p=0.044;...
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