Women and Birth
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 61-64 , September 2006

To assist or not to assist: The legal liability of midwives acting as good Samaritans

  • Helen Newnham

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Received 17 May 2006 ,Revised 13 June 2006 ,Accepted 20 June 2006.

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PII: S1871-5192(06)00024-2

doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2006.06.001

Women and Birth
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 61-64 , September 2006

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