Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 302-306 , December 2006

Are Routine Interventions Necessary in Normal Birth?

  • Chen-Yu Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kuo-Gon Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Kuo-Gon Wang, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92, Section 2, Chung-Shan North Road, Taipei 104, Taiwan

,Accepted 2 August 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60247-3

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 302-306 , December 2006

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