Management of labour in an isolated rural maternity hospital

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7025, 1996, Pages 223-226

  Baird, A G ^a   Jewell, D ^b   Walker, J J ^c  

^a White House   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNITY WARD; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0030058919     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7025.223     Document Type: Article

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