Midwifery directions: The Australian maternity services review

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-259

  Newnham, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Midwifery; Obstetrics; Problematisation; Public policy; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952670229     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2010.19.2.245     Document Type: Review

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