James Drife
Biographic Data
| ID | 5992897 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Drife |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Drife |
| SIGNATURE | DRIFE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
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 the story of the pioneering clinicians behind the pu…
Maternal Mortality
Every year halfa million women die as a result of pregnancy-99% of them in developing countries.Most ofthe deaths are preventable, but the enormity of the task generates the kind ofcompassion fatigue induced by Oxfam mailshots.We forget that only 60 years ago maternal mortality in Britain was as high as it is today in Central Africa, where one in every 200 pregnant women dies.Our rate was reduced to 1 in 10 000 not by a social revolution but by t…
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Maternal Mortality
Every year halfa million women die as a result of pregnancy-99% of them in developing countries.Most ofthe deaths are preventable, but the enormity of the task generates the kind ofcompassion fatigue induced by Oxfam mailshots.We forget that only 60 years ago maternal mortality in Britain was as high as it is today in Central Africa, where one in every 200 pregnant women dies.Our rate was reduced to 1 in 10 000 not by a social revolution but by t…
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 the story of the pioneering clinicians behind the pu…
Medicine (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Audit (1 works) · Childbirth (1 works) · Confidentiality (1 works) · Ethnic group (1 works) · Health care (1 works) · Healthcare Systems and Challenges (1 works)