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Hard times for other birth centres
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1983.tb136147.x
Subject(s) - queen (butterfly) , citation , home birth , style (visual arts) , library science , psychology , family medicine , medicine , history , computer science , pregnancy , hymenoptera , botany , genetics , archaeology , childbirth , biology
Since the concept of home‐style birth facilities in hospitals was endorsed by the National Health and Medical Research Council in June, 1978, the implementation of birth centres has been slow. Despite established programmes in Melbourne's Queen Victoria Hospital and the Royal Women's Hospital, success elsewhere has been patchy.