LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

The London interview

Genre

Interview

TX Date

25 May 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:51:09

Description

The London Interview. Professor Norman Morris, the first obstetrician to allow husbands to be present at the births of their children, says he wants to make childbirth in National Health Service hospitals a much more positive experience for women. He says there needs to be a rationalisation of services in the NHS and some units will be forced to close while others will expand. Female interviewer not identified. Interview in two parts, divided by short break in audio.

Contributors

Norman Morris

Keywords

Health services; Birth; NHS; Women; Hospitals; Married men; Doctors; Childbirth; Obstetrics; Maternity hospitals; Labour (birth)

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