Maternity services policy: Does the rhetoric match the reality?

British Journal of Midwifery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-93

  Beake, Sarah ^a   Bick, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33847083917     PISSN: 09694900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjom.2007.15.2.22789     Document Type: Article

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