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Chapter 67 - Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care

UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity

from Section 8 - Public Health Issues in Obstetrics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2021

By
Rohan Chodankar ,
Ruth Howie ,
Chu Chin Lim  and
Tahir A. Mahmood
Edited by
Tahir Mahmood ,
Charles Savona Ventura ,
Ioannis Messinis  and
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Tahir Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Charles Savona Ventura
Affiliation:
University of Malta, Malta
Ioannis Messinis
Affiliation:
University of Thessaly, Greece
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Affiliation:
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, UK
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Summary

The UK Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths (CEMD) has set a gold standard to improve quality and safety in maternity services for over 60 years. It recognizes the importance of learning from every woman’s death, occurring during or after pregnancy, not only for the clinical staff and services involved in the care, but also for the family and friends she leaves behind.

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The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Obstetrics & Maternal-Fetal Medicine
 , pp. 541 - 556
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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