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. 2022 Jul;129(8):1408-1409.
doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17203. Epub 2022 May 26.

'There's only so much you can be pushed': Magnification of the maternity staffing crisis by the 2020/21 COVID-19 pandemic

Sarah Cordey  1 , Gill Moncrieff  2 , Joanne Cull  1 , Arni Sarian  3 ; ASPIRE-COVID 19 Collaborative Group
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'There's only so much you can be pushed': Magnification of the maternity staffing crisis by the 2020/21 COVID-19 pandemic

Sarah Cordey et al. BJOG. 2022 Jul.

Abstract

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