Are women who are jehovah's witnesses at risk of maternal death?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 893-895

  Singla, Angela K ^a   Lapinski, Robert H ^a   Berkowitz, Richard L ^a   Saphier, Carl J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Jehovah's Witnesses; Maternal death; Obstetric hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0034780728     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2001.117357     Document Type: Conference Paper

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