Women and Birth
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 29-33 , March 2009

Slow midwifery

  • Jenny Browne

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT 2602, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 6201 5107; fax: +61 2 6201 5128.
    • ,
  • Alison Chandra

      Affiliations

    • Canberra Midwifery Program, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Received 20 December 2007 ,Revised 26 October 2008 ,Accepted 27 October 2008.

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