Consumer involvement in the South Australian State policy for planned home birth

Birth

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-82

  Newman, Lareen ^a   Hood, Jo ^a  

^a C/o Maternity Coalition ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME DELIVERY; LABOR; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFERY EDUCATION; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLICY MAKING; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 61649102022     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2008.00300.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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