Women's experience of early pregnancy care in the emergency department: A qualitative study

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 86-92

  Warner, Alexandra ^a   Saxton, Anne ^b   Indig, Devon ^c   Fahy, Kathleen ^d   Horvat, Leanne ^b,e  

^a Clinical Excellence Commission   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c Justice Health Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice   (Australia)

^d SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Miscarriage; Pregnancy; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860456171     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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