Dilemma of rural obstetrics: One community's solution

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 43, Issue JUN., 1997, Pages 1115-1119

  Osmun, W E ^a   Poenn, Dieter ^b   Buie, Mary ^b  

^a Southwest Middlesex Health Centre   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHY; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSE MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NURSE MIDWIVES; OBSTETRICS; ONTARIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0031154284     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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