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birthing center
(redirected from Birth centre)

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birthing center
n.
A medical facility, often associated with a hospital, that is designed to provide a comfortable, homelike setting during childbirth and that is generally less restrictive than a hospital in its regulations, as in permitting midwifery or allowing family members or friends to attend the delivery.

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Dr Tracy has just conducted the first Australian study on the safety of birth centre care, soon to be published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (B JOG), which she says will unequivocally demonstrate the safety of these units.
In fact, although there was a slightly higher death rate for babies in the groups allocated to birth centre care, the review concluded that this difference was not statistically significant,' Professor Fahy said.
 
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