The nurse midwife is explaining the trends in perinatal care to a group of graduate nursing students. What medical treatment will the midwife explain as being the most influential in moving birth from the home into the hospital?
A) Planned cesarean birth
B) Anesthesia and analgesic therapy
C) Infection control and germ theory
D) Instruments to assist in delivery of infants
Ans: B
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