Perinatal Institute Review
www.wmpi.net/reviews/
January 2002

RCOG Study Group Recommendations
Violence Against Women December 1997

Chapter 16: Domestic violence. Why Mothers Die 1997-1999
Confidential Enquiries into Maternal deaths in the United Kingdom, http://www.cemd.org.uk/
RCOG December 2001

12% of mothers who died in the most recent confidential enquiry had previously self disclosed that they were the victims of domestic violence. This is a new chapter for the enquiry and summarises the cases, risk factors and recommendations for practice.

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