Support for stillbirth definition campaign

    Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
    |May 26, 2016
    PubMed

    The RCN has given its backing to a campaign by the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society (SANDS) to change the legal definition of stillbirth from 28 to 24 weeks.

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