Women and Birth
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 89-95 , December 2006

Women's responses to two models of antepartum high-risk care: Day stay and hospital stay

  • M. Colleen Stainton

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Women's Health Nursing, Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
    • Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Maria Lohan

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Women's Health Nursing, Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
    • Antenatal Unit, Royal Hospital for Women Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
    • ,
  • Judith Fethney

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
    • ,
  • Lyn Woodhart

      Affiliations

    • Antenatal Unit, Royal Hospital for Women Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
    • ,
  • Shamim Islam

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Women's Health Nursing, Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia

,Accepted 2 August 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2006.08.001

Women and Birth
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 89-95 , December 2006

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