An ethnographic organisational study of alongside midwifery units: a follow-on study from the Birthplace in England programme

Background: Alongside midwifery units (AMUs) were identified as a novel hybrid organisational form in the Birthplace in England Research Programme, to which this is a follow-on study. The number of such units (also known as hospital birth centres) has increased greatly in the UK since 2007. They pro...

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Main Authors: Christine McCourt, Juliet Rayment, Susanna Rance, Jane Sandall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2014-03-01
Series:Health Services and Delivery Research
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr02070