Development of a support tool for complex decision-making in the provision of rural maternity care

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 82-96

  Hearns, Glen ^a   Klein, Michael C ^b,c,d   Trousdale, William ^c,e,f   Ulrich, Catherine ^g   Butcher, David ^g   Miewald, Christiana ^f   Lindstrom, Ronald ^h   Eftekhary, Sahba ⁱ   Rosinski, Jessica ^c,j   Gómez Ramírez, Oralia ^c   Procyk, Andrea ^c  

^a Graham Long Compass Resource Management   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Maternity Care Research Group   (Canada)

^e EcoPlan International   (Canada)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g Northern Health Authority   (Canada)

^h Northern Health Authority ^*  (Canada)

ⁱ ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^j Government of Canada   (Canada)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; RECIPIENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORKER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 77950681257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2013.21641     Document Type: Article

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