Correction for Delamothe, BMJ 336 (7638) 0.
Correction for Sheldon, BMJ 336 (7638) 239.

Published 4 November 2008, doi:10.1136/bmj.a2373
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a2373

Corrections

Editor’s Choice

An assertion that occurred in a News article by Tony Sheldon (10.1136/bmj.39472.657384.DB) in our 2 February issue and subsequently turned out to be wrong was picked up and repeated in the accompanying Editor’s Choice by Tony Delamothe that week (BMJ 2008;336, doi:10.1136/bmj.39476.584005.47). In his opening paragraph he said that "half the women who choose home births [in the Netherlands] are transferred to hospital during labour because of unexpected problems." In fact the half refers to women who have not given birth before and who then choose a home birth. In the original research on which this assertion is based, 51% of women who had not given birth before and who were supposed to give birth at home were referred during labour because of complications; the corresponding referral figure for women who had given birth before was 17%.

Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a2373


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