Women and Birth
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 115-120 , September 2007

Women's expectations of maternity services: A community-based survey

  • Jenny Gamble

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre for Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Logan Campus Meadowbrook, Queensland 4131, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 3382 1083; fax: +61 7 3382 1277.
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  • Debra K. Creedy

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre for Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Logan Campus Meadowbrook, Queensland 4131, Australia
    • ,
  • Bruce Teakle

      Affiliations

    • Maternity Coalition, Queensland Branch, Australia

Received 16 October 2006 ,Revised 12 May 2007 ,Accepted 15 May 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2007.05.003

Women and Birth
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 115-120 , September 2007

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