The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on maternity care in Europe

Affiliations

¹ Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St.George's, University of London, 6th Floor, Hunter Wing, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK. Electronic address: k.coxon@sgul.kingston.ac.uk.
² Department of Women's and Children's Health, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
³ Royal Dutch Organisation of Midwives KNOV Utrecht, Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Midwifery Science, AVAG, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁵ French College of Midwves, Paris, France.
⁶ Midwife, Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain.

Editorial

Kirstie Coxon et al. Midwifery. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep:88:102779.

doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2020.102779. Epub 2020 Jun 10.

¹ Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St.George's, University of London, 6th Floor, Hunter Wing, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK. Electronic address: k.coxon@sgul.kingston.ac.uk.
² Department of Women's and Children's Health, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
³ Royal Dutch Organisation of Midwives KNOV Utrecht, Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Midwifery Science, AVAG, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁵ French College of Midwves, Paris, France.
⁶ Midwife, Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain.

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