Simpson, Semmelweis, and transformational change

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 384-387

  Grant, Gilbert J ^a   Grant, Abraham H ^b   Lockwood, Charles J ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISEPSIS; BEHAVIOR; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 22544451522     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000168452.10067.27     Document Type: Review

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