Patient safety and adverse maternal health outcomes: the missing social inequalities 'lens.'

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Patient safety and adverse maternal health outcomes: the missing social inequalities 'lens.'

October 5, 2005

Murray SF, Bacchus L. BJOG. 2005 Oct;112(10):1339-1343.

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The authors note gaps in the literature on maternal care for disadvantaged women in the United Kingdom.

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