Narrowing the Gap? Describing women's outcomes in Midwifery Group Practice in remote Australia

Women and Birth

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 465-470

  Lack, Bernadette M ^a   Smith, Rachel M ^a   Arundell, Michael J ^b   Homer, Caroline S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Clinical outcomes; Continuity of care; Midwifery; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LABOR; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL DEATH; MIDWIFE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PATIENT CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ETHNOLOGY; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFANT; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDWIFERY; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84961891893     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2016.03.003     Document Type: Article

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