Understanding patterns in maternity care in the NHS and getting it right

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7906, 2013, Pages

  Chappell, Lucy C ^a   Calderwood, Catherine ^b   Kenyon, Sara ^c   Draper, Elizabeth S ^d   Knight, Marian ^e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNITY WARD; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84877605579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f2812     Document Type: Editorial

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