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The Obstetrical Performance of Urban Aborigines
Author(s) -
Morrison John
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1968.tb00692.x
Subject(s) - reproduction , medicine , relation (database) , demography , pediatrics , family medicine , sociology , ecology , biology , database , computer science
Summary A consecutive series of 100 aboriginal patients, delivered at the King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth, has been studied and compared with a Caucasian social class 4 group attending the same hospital. It is evident from the study that the detribalised aborigine constitutes a high risk patient in relation to reproduction.