The decline of general practitioner involvement in maternity care and its possible consequences for maternal and infant health

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1098, 1999, Pages 410-411

  Ferguson, William ^a  

^a Kumeu Village Medical Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT WELFARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRENATAL CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0033595595     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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