Australian maternity reform through clinical redesign

Australian Health Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-175

  Hartz, Donna L ^a   White, Jan ^b   Lainchbury, Kathleen A ^b   Gunn, Helen ^b   Jarman, Helen ^b   Welsh, Alec W ^b,c   Challis, Daniel ^c   Tracy, Sally K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84861418062     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH11012     Document Type: Review

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