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3 - Iatrogenic causes of failed labors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2009

Paul Reuwer ,
Hein Bruinse  and
Arie Franx
Paul Reuwer
Affiliation:
St Elisabeth Hospital/Brabant Medical School, Tilburg, Netherlands
Hein Bruinse
Affiliation:
University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands
Arie Franx
Affiliation:
St Elisabeth Hospital/Brabant Medical School, Tilburg, Netherlands
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Proactive Support of Labor
The Challenge of Normal Childbirth
 , pp. 19 - 26
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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