Early pregnancy assessment units in the United Kingdom: An audit of current clinical practice

Journal of Clinical Excellence

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 391-402

  Twigg, Jeremy ^c   Moshy, Roger ^d   Walker, James J ^e   Evans, Janet ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical practice standards; Early pregnancy assessment units; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT CARE; POSTAL MAIL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041743211     PISSN: 14659883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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