'She can't come here!' Ethics and the case of birth centre admission policy in the UK

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 813-816

  Scamell, Mandie ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MATERNITY WARD; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRTHING CENTERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84912012562     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2013-101847     Document Type: Article

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