The progress of labour: Orderly chaos?

Childbirth, Midwifery and Concepts of Time

Volumn 17, Issue , 2009, Pages 84-103

  Winter, Clare ^a,b   Duff, Margie ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Midwifery Led Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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