Birth centre guidelines need changing: midwives

By Melissa Davey
Updated February 22 2013 - 9:18am, first published February 10 2013 - 3:00am
Birth debate ... midwives and doctors are in disagreement over the nation's guidelines on where women should give birth.
Birth debate ... midwives and doctors are in disagreement over the nation's guidelines on where women should give birth.

THE national guidelines on where women should give birth are based on outdated beliefs that birth centres unattached to hospitals are dangerous rather than best-practice, a leading Sydney midwifery expert says.