Comment on - Why planned attended home birth should be more widely supported in Australia. Newman LA, Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 2008; 48: 450-453

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 340-341

  Harvey, James ^a  

^a Obstetrician in Private and Public Practice   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; FUNDING; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; LETTER; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; FEMALE; LABOR COMPLICATION; NOTE; NURSE MIDWIFE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; NURSE MIDWIVES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349760990     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01012.x     Document Type: Letter

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