[The main obstetrical problems].

Development og antenatal care and obstetrics in Denmark during the past decades has been carried out by distribution of advisory guiding principles from the Ministry of the Interior (Ministry of Health) and the Board of Health, most recently in 1985. On the basis of a review of the current problems in obstetrics, reassessment of the guiding principles is suggested, particularly development of obstetrics on the basis of well controlled assessments of new possibilities. As possibilities for improving the results of obstetrics, the problems concerning preconceptional examination, alternative methods, mini-centre arrangements, care of sick pregnant women in their own homes, employment of ultrasound and cardiotocography are described. Modern furnishing of maternity departments, improved midwifery and better cooperation between the staff groups involved are considered necessary to ensure that maternity care in Denmark can become even better than it is at present.