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Professional responsibility in maternity care: Role of medical audit
Author(s) -
Bhatt R.V.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(89)90214-2
Subject(s) - medicine , staffing , audit , family medicine , medical record , prenatal care , pregnancy , nursing , medical emergency , population , environmental health , genetics , biology , management , economics , radiology
In 1965, Baroda Medical College initiated a process of medical audit of maternal and perinatal deaths occurring at this institution, and consultation in peripheral medical facilities providing antenatal and obstetric care. By 1984 maternal and perinatal mortality had declined and clinical judgment in maternity care had improved.