- National Birth Center Study
- Cochrane Review of the Midwifery Model of Care
- Study of home births with CNMs from the Journal of Nurse Midwifery
- Study of home births with CPMs from the British Medical Journal
- Advancing Normal Birth
- Physicians speak out for birth centers
- Physician letter to congress in support of birth centers
- A birth center birth story
- Midwifery care: Risk factors and outcomes
- Comparing birth in America with international ideals
- Effects of Hospital Economics on Maternity Care
- BBC/British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology: Home birth is safe
- Modern Midwife from Coast Magazine
- Staying Home to Give Birth: Why Women in the United States Choose Home Birth
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