Role of general practitioners in primary maternity care in South Australia and Victoria

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 637-641

  Sutherland, Georgina ^a   Yelland, Jane ^a   Wiebe, Jan ^a   Kelly, Jennifer ^b   Marlowe, Penny ^c   Brown, Stephanie ^a,d  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Southern Adelaide Health Service   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Maternity; Midwifery; Physicians; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA;

EID: 73449126920     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01078.x     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Improving Maternity Services in Australia. The Report of the Maternity Services Review. ISBN: 1-74186-833-5. Publications Number: P3-4946. Canberra : Commonwealth of Australia, 2009.
2. Australian Health Workforce Advisory Committee. The Midwifery Workforce in Australia 2002-2012. AHWAC Report 2002.2. Sydney : AHWAC, 2002.
3. Hirst C. Re-birthing: Report of the Review of Maternity Services in Queensland. Brisbane, Qld : Queensland Health, 2005.
4. Maternity Coalition. National Maternity Action Plan. Birth Matters 2002 : 6.
5. Brown S, Bruinsma F. Future directions for Victoria's public maternity services: is this "what women want"? Aust Health Rev 2006 30 : 56 64.
6. Davey M, Brown S, Bruinsma F. What is it about antenatal continuity of caregiver that matters to women? Birth 2005 32 : 262 271.
7. Hodnett ED. Continuity of caregivers for care during pregnancy and childbirth. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 4. Art No.: CD000062. DOI :.
8. Brown S, Darcy M, Bruinsma F. Having a baby in Victoria 1989-2000: continuity and change in the decade following the Victorian Ministerial Review of Birthing Services. Aust N Z J Public Health 2002 26 : 242 250.
9. Department of Health. NSW Framework for Maternity Services 2000-2005. Sydney, NSW : Department of Health, 2000.
10. Department of Human Services. Future Directions for Victoria's Maternity Services. Melbourne, Vic. : Department of Human Services, 2004.
11. Robson S, Bland P, Bunting M. An anonymous survey of provincial, rural and remote obstetricians' long-term practice intentions; Implications for the provision of specialist obstetric services outside metropolitan areas of Australia. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 2005 45 : 395 398.
12. Loy C, Warton RB, Dunbar JA. Workforce trends in specialist and GP obstetric practice in Victoria. Med J Aust 2007 186 : 26 30.
13. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Improving Maternity Services in Australia: A Discussion Paper from the Australian Government. ISBN: 1-74186-693-6. Publications Number: P3-4260. Canberra : Commonwealth of Australia, 2008.
14. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing Maternity Services Review (Internet). Rural Doctors Association of Australia Submission No. 469; 2008 Dec. [Accessed 7 March 2009.] Available from URL: http://www.health.gov.au/ internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/maternityservicesreview-submissions
15. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing Maternity Services Review (Internet). Australian College of Midwives Submission No. 380; 2008 Dec. [Accessed 7 March 2009.] Available from URL: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ main/publishing.nsf/Content/maternityservicesreview-submissions