The St. George Homebirth Program: An evaluation of the first 100 booked women

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 631-636

  McMurtrie, Jane ^a   Catling Paul, Christine ^a,b   Teate, Ali ^a,b   Caplice, Shea ^c   Chapman, Michael ^a,d   Homer, Caroline ^b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Home childbirth; Maternity hospitals; Parturition; Pregnancy; Term birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449137929     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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