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Section 2 - Back to basics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2015

Paul Reuwer
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics, St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg
Hein Bruinse
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Utrecht University Medical Center
Arie Franx
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics, St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg
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Proactive Support of Labor
The Challenge of Normal Childbirth
, pp. 49 - 80
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Print publication year: 2015

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