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The purposes of ante-natal care are to observe the general health and condition of the pregnant woman, to detect at an early stage any deviations from the normal, to make whatsoever provision is necessary to bring the patient to the end of her pregnancy in the best possible condition and to ensure that the place of her delivery offers the greatest safety for mother and baby. Little ante-natal care was undertaken before the beginning of the present century, but since then and particularly since 1945, there has been such a great increase in facilities that few women do not receive more or less adequate supervison during pregnancy.
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© 1973 J. A. Chalmers
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Chalmers, J.A. (1973). Ante-natal care. In: Essential Obstetrics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2351-1_5
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