A Cochrane Review (2013) found that women who had midwife-led care were:
a. more likely to experience preterm birth.
b. less likely to use regional analgesia.
c. more likely to have an episiotomy.
d. more likely to have an instrument birth.
ANS: B
A Cochrane Review has identified that midwifery-led care has the potential to make a significant difference to the promotion of physiological birth, when compared with standard care from physicians and midwives.
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