Journal article
Support for mothers and their families after life-threatening illness in pregnancy and childbirth: a qualitative study in primary care.
- Abstract:
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BACKGROUND: One in 100 women who give birth in the UK develop life-threatening illnesses during childbirth. Without urgent medical attention these illnesses could lead to the mother's death. Little is known about how the experience of severe illness in childbirth affects the mother, baby, and family. AIM: As part of the UK National Maternal Near-miss Surveillance Programme, this study explored the experiences of women and their partners of life-threatening illnesses in childbirth, to identify...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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National Institute for Health
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Royal College of General Practitioners Publisher's website
- Journal:
- British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners Journal website
- Volume:
- 65
- Issue:
- 638
- Pages:
- e563-e569
- Publication date:
- 2015-09-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1478-5242
- ISSN:
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0960-1643
- Source identifiers:
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541857
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- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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pubs:541857
- UUID:
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uuid:622dec11-b528-4816-8405-5615765a970d
- Local pid:
- pubs:541857
- Deposit date:
- 2015-10-15
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- Copyright holder:
- British Journal of General Practice
- Copyright date:
- 2015
- Notes:
- Copyright © British Journal of General Practice 2015. This is an OpenAccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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