Women's safety alerts in maternity care: is speaking up enough?

Susanna Rance; Christine McCourt; Juliet Rayment; Nicola Mackintosh; Wendy Carter; Kylie Watson; Jane Sandall

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Women's safety alerts in maternity care: is speaking up enough?

May 29, 2013

Rance S, McCourt C, Rayment J, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22(4):348-55.

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Programs to engage patients in safety encourage patients to speak up about their concerns; however, this study of maternity care patients found that staff are not always receptive when patients voice their concerns.

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