Comparison of midwifery care to medical care in hospitals in the Quebec pilot projects study: Clinical indicators

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Fraser, William ^b   Hatem Asmar, Marie ^b   Krauss, Isabelle ^b   Maillard, Françoise ^a   Bréart, Gérard ^b   Blais, Régis ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MEDICAL CARE; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERINEUM INJURY; PREMATURITY; RESUSCITATION; RISK; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 0034028177     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404260     Document Type: Article

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