Reducing risk in maternity by optimising teamwork and leadership: an evidence-based approach to save mothers and babies.

Katie Cornthwaite; Sian Edwards; Dimitrios Siassakos

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Reducing risk in maternity by optimising teamwork and leadership: an evidence-based approach to save mothers and babies.

July 16, 2013

Cornthwaite K, Edwards S, Siassakos D. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2013;27(4):571-81.

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This review reveals how teamwork and leadership behaviors can affect safety in maternity care and includes examples of successful training programs to help improve outcomes in this setting.

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