Learning from child death review in the USA, England, Australia, and New Zealand

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9946, 2014, Pages 894-903

  Fraser, James ^a   Sidebotham, Peter ^b   Frederick, John ^c   Covington, Teresa ^d   Mitchell, Edwin A ^e  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d National Center for Review and Prevention of Child Deaths Michigan Public Health Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LEARNING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RECOGNITION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907289258     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61089-2     Document Type: Review

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