Changes to booking, transfer criteria and procedures in birth centres in Australia from 1997-2007: A national survey

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 2812-2821

  Laws, Paula J ^a   Lim, Carylyn ^a   Tracy, Sally K ^b   Dahlen, Hannah ^c   Sullivan, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Birth centre; Midwifery; Nurses; Nursing; Transfer; Vaginal births after caesarean section

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNITY WARD; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREGNANCY;

AUSTRALIA; BIRTHING CENTERS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREGNANCY;

EID: 80052597318     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03765.x     Document Type: Article

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