We inadvertently introduced two errors into two references at the end of this editorial by Richard Johanson and Mary Newburn (17 November, pp 1142-3), for which we apologise. In one case (reference 4) we used the wrong reference, and in the other (a Cochrane review, reference 8) we inserted the wrong CD number. The two references should read as follows:

4 Johanson RB, El-Timini S, Rigby C, Young PW, Jones PW. Caesarean section by choice fulfils the inverse care law. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2001;97:20-2.

8 Hodnett ED. Caregiver support for women during childbirth. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2000;(2):CD000199.

Additionally, the correct name of the journal cited in references 6, 11, and 13 is MIDIRS Midwifery Digest [not Midwifery Digest].