The management of late fetal death: A guide tocomprehensive care

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-10

  Fox, Robert ^a   Filial, Mary ^b   Porter, Helen ^c   Gill, Gillian ^c  

^a TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FOLLOW UP; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

AFTERCARE; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PARENTS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 0031035271     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb10639.x     Document Type: Review

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