Dear Clarissa
we tried to make some international comparison in our edited book Birth by
Design, we have a chapter by Declercq and Viisainen called The Politics of
Numbers. A substantial part of this chapter is really about the difficulty
of making sensible comparisons, with data based on slightly different
definitions, data collected in different ways, and reports presented in
different ways.
DeVries, R., Benoit, C., Teijlingen van, E., Wrede, S. (eds.) (2001) Birth
by Design: Pregnancy, Midwifery Care and Midwifery in North America and
Europe, New York: Routledge. [ISBN: 0415923387]. Also as eBook [ISBN:
0203902408]
Hope this is at least of some use.
Edwin
Dr. Edwin R. van Teijlingen
Public Health & Dugald Baird Centre
University of Aberdeen
Medical School
Aberdeen AB25 2ZD
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