BIBLIOGRAPHY

This bibliography accompanies my video. It is intended primarily for those of you who are curious about home birth but who do not know much about it yet. In other words, there are EXPERTS out there who have studied the issue of home birth and who have arrived at conclusions like mine. These are but a few references to get you started.

STUDIES AND ARTICLES ON THE SAFETY
OF MIDWIFERY AND HOMEBIRTH

Abernathy & Lentjes, "Planned and Unplanned Home Births and Hospital Births in Calgary, Alberta, 1984-87," Public Health Reports, July-August 1989, Vol. 104, No. 4, p. 373-377.

Acheson, Harris & Zyzanski, "Patient Selection and Outcomes for Out-of-Hospital Births in One Family Practice," The Journal of Family Practice, Vol. 31, No. 2, 1990, p. 128-136.

Adamson & Gare, "Home or Hospital Births?", Journal of the AMA, May 2, 1980, Vol 243, No. 243, No. 17, pages 1732-1736.

Albers & Katz, "Birth Setting for Low-Risk Pregnancies, an Analysis of the Current Literature," Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, Vol 36, No. 4, July/August 1991, p. 215-220.

Anderson, Jon. "Born-Again Idea," Chicago Tribune, Nov. 7, 1991, Section 5, p. 1,5.

Anderson & Greener, "A Descriptive Analysis of Home Births Attended by CNM's in Two Nurse-Midwifery Services," Journal of Nurse Midwifery, Vol. 36, No. 2, March/April 1991, p. 95-103.

Blevins, Sue A., "The Medical Monopoly: Protecting Consumers or Limiting competition?" Cato Institute, No. 246, December 15, 1995.

Boyer, Ernest L., "Midwifery in America: A Profession Reaffirmed," Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, July/August 1990, Vol. 35, No. 4, p. 214-219.

Burnett, Jones, Rook, et.al., "Home Delivery and Neonatal Mortality in North Carolina", Journal of the AMA, 19 December 1980, pages 2741-2745.

Burst, Helen Varney, "Women's Health: Pregnancy and Childbirth. Issues and Concerns of Healthy Pregnant Women," Public Health Reports Supplement, July/August 1987, p.57-61.

Cameron, J.C. et. al, "Home Birth in Salt Lake County, Utah," American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 69, 1979, p. 716-717.

Campbell & Macfarlane, "Place of Delivery: A Review," British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Vol. 93, July 1986, p. 675-683.

Carpenter, Hugh, "Domiciliary Obstetrics," Australian Family Physician, Vol. 14, No. 3, March 1985, beginning p. 207.

Damstra-Wijmenga, "Home Confinement: the Positive Results in Holland," Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Vol. 34, August 1984, p. 425-430.

Declerq, Eugene, "Out-of-Hospital Births, US, 1978: Birthweight and Apgar Scores as Measurements of Outcome," Public Health Rep 19484; Vol. 99, No. 1, p. 63-73.

Declercq, Paine & Winter, "Home Birth in the United States, 1989-1992. A Longitudinal Descriptive Report of National Birth Certificate Data," Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, Vol. 40, No. 6, November/December 1995, p. 474-481.

deHaan & Smits, "Home Deliveries in the Netherlands: Present Situation and Sequelae," Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Vol. 11, 1983, p. 3-8.

Devitt, Neal, "The Transition from Home to Hospital Birth in the United States," Birth, Vol. 2, Summer 1977, p. 47-58.

Dingley, "Birthplace and Attendants: Oregon's Alternative Experience", Women & Health, Fall 1979, Vol 4, No. 3, pages 239-253.

Durand, Mark, "The Safety of Home Birth: The Farm Study", American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 82, No.3, March 1992, pages 450-452.

Epstein & McCartney, "A Home Birth Service that Works", Birth and the Family Journal, Vol 4, No.2, Summer 1977, pages 71-75.

Estes, " A Home Obstetric Service with Expert Consultation and Back-up", Birth and the Family Journal, Vol 5, No. 3, Fall 1978, pages 151-157.

Ford, Illife & Franklin, "Outcome of Planned Home Births in an Inner City Practice," British Medical Journal, Vol. 303, December 1991, p. 1517-1519.

Hays, Karen, "Home But Not Alone: Midwives and out-of-Hospital Births," Journal of Emergency Medical Services, May 1995, pages 41-44.

Hinds, Bergeisen & Allen, "Neonatal Outcome on Planned vs. Unplanned out-of-hospital Births in Kentucky," Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol 253, No. 11, March 15, 1985, p. 1578-1582.

Hoff & Schneiderman, "Having Babies at Home: Is It Safe? Is It Ethical?", Hastings Center Report,The Institute of Society Ethics & Life Science, December 1985. Pages 19-

Huygen, F.J., "Home Deliveries in Holland," Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Vol. 34, 1984, p.244-248.

Janssen, Holt & Myers, "Licensed Midwife-Attended, Out-of-Hospital Births in Washington State: Are They Safe?" Birth, Vol. 21, No. 3, September 1994, p. 141-148.

Klein, M.E. et al, "A Comparison of Low-Risk Pregnant Women Booked for Delivery in Two Systems of Care," British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Vol. 90, 1983, p. 118-128.

Kleiverda, Gunilla, et al, "Place of Delivery in the Netherlands: Maternal Motives & Background Variables Related to Preferences for Home or Hospital confinement," European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology & Reproductive Biology, Vol. 36, 1990, p.1-9.

Kleiverda, Gunilla, et al, Place of Delivery in the Netherlands: Actual Location of Confinement," European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology & Reproductive Biology, Vol. 39, 1991, p. 139-146.

Kloosterman, G.J., "The Dutch Experience of Domiciliary confinements," In Zander & Chamberlain (eds.) Pregnancy Care for the 1980s, The Royal Society of Medicine, London: Macmillan Press Ltd. 1984, p. 115-125.

Koehler & Solomon, "Outcomes of a Rural Sonoma County Home Birth Practice: 1976-1982", Birth, Vol 11, No. 3, June 1983, pages 165-169.

Korte, Diana, "Infant Mortality: Lessons from Japan," Mothering, Winter 1992, p. 83-88.

Lievaart & DeJong, "Neonatal Morbidity in Deliveries Conducted by Midwives and Gynecologists: A Study of the System of Obstetric Care Prevailing in The Netherlands," American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 144, 1982, p. 376-386.

Mallison, Mary B, "Gate Crashers," American Journal of Nursing, February 1990, p. 7. McClain, C, "Women's Choice of Home or Hospital Birth," Journal of Family Practice, Vol. 12, 1981, p. 1033-1038.

McQuarrie, H., "Home Delivery Controversy," Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 243, No. 17, 1980, p. 1747.

Mehl, Peterson and Shaw, "Complications of Home Birth", Birth and the Family Journal, Vol 2, No. 4, 1975, pages 123-131.

Mehl, Ramiel & Leininger, "Evaluation of Outcomes of Non-Nurse Midwives: Matched Comparisons with Physicians", Women & Health, Vol 5, No. 2, Summer 1980, pages 17-29.

Mehl, Peterson, Whitt, et al, "Outcomes of Elective Home Births: a Series of 1146 Cases," Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Vol. 19, No. 5, Nov. 1977, p. 281-290.

Murphy, Dauncey, Gray & Chalmers, "Planned and Unplanned Deliveries at Home: Implications of a Changing Ratio," British Medical Journal, May 1984, Vol. 288, p. 1429-1432.

Myers, Clair, Gloyd, et al, "Unlicensed Midwifery Practice in Washington State," American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 80, No. 6, June 1990, p. 726-728.

Oski, Frank, "By the Numbers," Contemporary Pediatrics, November 1993, p. 9, 12.

Philipps, E., "Planned and Unplanned Deliveries at Home," British Medical journal, Vol. 1, 1984, p. 1996-1997.

Saldana, Rivera-Alsina, Arias, Ross & Pokorny, "Home Birth: Negative Implications Derived From a Hospital-Based Birthing Suite," Southern Medical Journal, February 1983, Vol. 76, No. 2, p.170-173.

Schneider, D., "Planned Out-of-Hospital Births, New Jersey," Soc Sci Med, Vol. 23, No. 10, 1986, p. 1011-1015.

Schramm, Barnes & Bakewell, "Neonatal Mortality in Missouri Homebirths, 1978-1984," American Journal of Public Health, August 1987, Vol. 77, No. 8, p. 930-935.

Shearer, J.M.L., "Five Year Prospective Risk of Booking for a Home Birth in Essex," British Medical Journal, November 23, 1985, Vol. 291, p. 1478-80.

Shy, K.K., et al, "Out-of-Hospital Delivery in Washington State, 1975-1977," American journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Vol. 137, 1980, p. 547-552.

Simmons & Bernstein, "Out-of-Hospital Births in Michigan, 1972-1979", Public Health Reporter, Mar/April 1983, Vol 98. No. 2, Pages 161-170.

Suarez, Suzanne, "Midwifery Is Not the Practice of Medicine", Yale Journal of Law and Feminism, Vol.5, No. 2, Spring 1993, pages 315-364.

Sullivan & Beeman, "Four years' Experience with Home Birth by Licensed Midwives in Arizona," American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 73, No. 6, June 1983, p. 641-645.

Taffel, "Midwife & Out-Of-Hospital Deliveries in the United States", U.S. Government Center for Health Statistics, 1984, Publication (PHS) 84-1918, Series 21, No. 40, 43 pages.

Tew, Marjorie, "Do Obstetric Intranatal Interventions Make Births Safer?" British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, July 1986, Vol. 93, p. 659-574.

Tew, Marjorie, "Place of Birth and Perinatal Mortality," Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Vol. 35, August 1985, p. 390-394.

Tew, Marjorie, "The Case against Hospital Deliveries: the Statistical Evidence." In Kitzinger & Davies (eds) The Place of Birth, Oxford University Press, 1978, p. 55-65.

Tew, Marjorie, "We Have the Technology," Nursing Times, November 20, 1985, p. 22-24.

Treffers, Eskes, Kleiverda & Van Alten, "Letter From Amsterdam: Home Births and Minimal Medical Interventions," Journal of the American Medical Association, November 7, 1990, Vol. 264, No. 17, p. 2203-2208.

Treffers & Laan, "Perinatal Mortality and Hospitalization at Delivery in The Netherlands," British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Vol. 93, 1986, p. 690-693.

Treffers, P, et al, "Condemnation of the Obstetric Care in The Netherlands?" American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 146, 1983, p. 871-872.

Tyson, H., "Outcomes of 1001 Midwife-attended Home Births in toronto, 1983-1988," Birth, Vol. 18, No. 2, March 1991, p. 14-19.

Van Alten, Eskes & Treffers, "Midwifery in The Netherlands. The Wormerveer Study: Selection Mode of Delivery, Perinatal Mortality and Infant Morbidity," British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, June 1989, Vol. 96, p. 656-662.

Wagner, Marsden, "A Global Witch-Hunt," Lancet, Vol. 346, October 14, 1995, p. 1020-1022.

Wagner, Marsden, "Is Homebirth Dangerous?" The Birth Gazette, Vol. 5, No. 4, Fall 1989, p. 16-17.

Weitz & Sullivan, "Licensed Lay Midwifery in Arizona," Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, Vol. 29. No. 1, January/February 1984, p. 21-25.

Woodcock, Read, Moore, Stanley & Bower, "Planned Homebirths in Western Australia 1981-1987: A Descriptive Study," The Medical Journal of Australia, December 3-17, 1990, Vol. 153, p. 672-678.

Woodcock, Read, Bower, Stanley & Moore, "A Matched Cohort Study of Planned Home and Hospital Births in Western Australia 1981-1987," Midwifery, Vol. 10, 1994, p. 125-135.

World Health Organization, "Scientific Basis for Selected Perinatal Procedures & Their Psychosocial Effects", 1983, Supplement 117, Acta Obstet. Gynecol. Scand., 39 pages.

World Health Organization, Having a Baby in Europe, Copenhagen, 1985. Wynn, Margaret, "Birthplace Survey," New Generation, Vol. 4, 1985, p. 1-9.

Zander, L.I., "The Place of Confinement -- a Question of Statistics or Ethics?" Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol. 7, 1981, p. 125-127.

Health Committee of the House of Commons, Report on Maternity Services, March, 1992.

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