The introduction of a woman-held record into a hospital antenatal clinic: The bring your own records study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-57

  Homer, Caroline S E ^a   Davis, Gregory K ^b   Everitt, Louise S ^b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0033014878     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1999.tb03445.x     Document Type: Article

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