Using the medical audit cycle to reduce cesarean section rates

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 199-205

  Robson, M S ^a   Scudamore, I W ^a   Walsh, S M ^a  

^a WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; cesarean section; dystocia; labor; medical audit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DYSTOCIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030030804     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(96)70394-0     Document Type: Article

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