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A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth:A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth is an overview of results of the best available research about the specific effects, beneficial or harmful, of the various elements of care that may be carried out during pregnancy and childbirth. The full text of the current 3rd edition of A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth. consumers. A synopsis of 6 tables classifying maternity practices according to effectiveness and safety is below.

Effective Care in pregnancy and childbirth: a synopsis

(1)

 

Beneficial forms of care;

(2)

 

Forms of care that are likely to be beneficial;

(3)

 

Forms of care with a trade-off between beneficial and adverse effects;

(4)

 

Forms of care of unknown effectiveness;

(5)

 

Forms of care that are unlikely to be beneficial;

(6)

 

Forms of care that are likely to be ineffective or harmful.

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