The effect of a training and clinical facilitation programme for registered midwives in primary maternity settings with respect to managing labour: a pragmatic cluster randomised trial

Includes bibliographical references. === Background: Intrapartum complications contribute to nearly half of all avoidable maternal and perinatal deaths nationally. Inadequate understanding of the labour process by midwives, poor documentation of labour monitoring and inadequate systemlevel support m...

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Main Author: Clow, Sheila Elizabeth
Other Authors: Swingler, George H
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13082