Women who miscarry need to be looked after by skilled nurses

Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
|January 12, 2017
PubMed

When working as a midwife in Nigeria I encountered many women who had miscarried, so I was interested to read staff nurse Rachel Evans's article, 'Emotional care for women who experience miscarriage' (art&science June 20).

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