Socio-cultural plurality in obstetrics and gynaecology in The Netherlands: research note.

This article reports on an ongoing exploratory study of the quality of obstetrical and gynaecological care for an ethnic pluriform patient population in two non-academic city hospitals in the Netherlands. A bird's eye view is given of the study's background, goals and methodology, followed by a few preliminary results and by some concluding remarks about the need to pay more attention to cultural diversity in health care.