Evidence lacking' on water births

    Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
    |September 30, 2016
    PubMed

    The case of a full term baby boy who became ill after being delivered in a birthing tub at North Middlesex Hospital in London is highlighted in a British Medical Journal report which says reliable evidence is lacking about water births.

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