A Report on Best Practices for Returning Birth to Rural and Remote Aboriginal Communities

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 250-254

  Couchie, Carol ^a   Sanderson, Sheila ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Birth; Community; First Nations; Inuit; Midwives; M tis; Obstetrical care; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CHILDBIRTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CANADA; DELIVERY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

CANADA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POPULATION GROUPS; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 34249813135     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32399-4     Document Type: Article

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