What is quality in maternal and neonatal health care?

Midwifery

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Raven, Joanna H ^a   Tolhurst, Rachel J ^a   Tang, Shenglan ^a   van den Broek, Nynke ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maternal; Newborn; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STATISTICS;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84861202866     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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