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Practices and views on fetal heart monitoring: a structured observation and interview study

  1. S Altaf1,
  2. C Oppenheimer2,
  3. R Shaw3,
  4. J Waugh2,
  5. M Dixon-Woods1,*

Article first published online: 17 MAR 2006

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.00884.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 113, Issue 4, pages 409–418, April 2006

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Altaf, S., Oppenheimer, C., Shaw, R., Waugh, J. and Dixon-Woods, M. (2006), Practices and views on fetal heart monitoring: a structured observation and interview study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 113: 409–418. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.00884.x

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  1. 1

    Social Science Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

  2. 2

    Women's Hospital, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK

  3. 3

    School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

*Dr Mary Dixon-Woods, Social Science Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, 22-28 Princess Road West, Leicester LE1 6TP, UK. Email md11@le.ac.uk

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 5 MAY 2006
  2. Article first published online: 17 MAR 2006
  3. Accepted 18 January 2006.

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