Labour ward incidents and potential claims - Lessons learned from research

Clinical Risk

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 235-238

  Ashcroft, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67649854638     PISSN: 13562622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/cr.2008.080081     Document Type: Article

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