Women's safety alerts in maternity care: Is speaking up enough?

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 348-355

  Rance, Susanna ^a   McCourt, Christine ^b   Rayment, Juliet ^b   MacKintosh, Nicola ^a   Carter, Wendy ^c   Watson, Kylie ^d   Sandall, Jane ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABOR; MATERNAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; SAFETY;

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PARITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875144483     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001295     Document Type: Article

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