Better Births – But why not better postnatal care?

Midwifery

Volumn 80, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Bick, Debra ^a   Duff, Elizabeth ^b   Shakespeare, Judy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NCT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; STATE MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85075332005     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2019.102574     Document Type: Editorial

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