Prospective regional study of planned home births

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7068, 1996, Pages 1302-1306

  Davies, J ^a   Hey, E ^b   Reid, W ^c   Young, G ^d  

^a Regional Maternity Survey Office   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d Temple Sowerby Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029853115     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7068.1302     Document Type: Article

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