Why Mothers Died and How their Lives are Saved

One of the most dramatic changes to women''s lives in the twentieth century was the advent of safe childbirth, reducing the maternal mortality rate from 1 in 400 births to 1 in 10,000 in just 80 years. The impetus behind this change was the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Death (CEMD), now the world''s longest running self-audit of a healthcare service. Here, leading authors in the CEMD tell ...