press_release_conclusion: Mothers in developing countries who give birth by caesarean section are at no significant extra risk from having the procedure carried out by non-physician clinicians, or ‘clinical officers’, according to major new research from the University of Birmingham published in the British Medical Journal (Friday May 20).
abstract_conclusion: Clinical officers and doctors did not differ significantly in key outcomes for caesarean section, but the conclusions are tentative owing to the non-randomised nature of the studies.