Characteristics and practices of birth centres in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 290-295

  Laws, Paula J ^a,c   Lim, Carylyn ^a   Tracy, Sally ^b   Sullivan, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Perinatal and Reproductive Epidemiology Research Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Birth centre

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY ROOM; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPISIOTOMY; FETUS MONITORING; GROUP PRACTICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR PAIN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MASSAGE; MATERNITY WARD; MIDWIFE; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLEXOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY;

AUSTRALIA; BIRTHING CENTERS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 70349760295     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01002.x     Document Type: Article

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