
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tracy, Sally K 
A1  - Hartz, Donna 
A1  - Nicholl, Michael 
A1  - McCann, Yvonne 
A1  - Latta, Deborah 
T1  - An integrated service network in maternity&mdash; the implementation of a midwifery-led unit
JF  - Australian Health Review
JO  - Aust. Health Review
Y1  - 2005
VL  - 29
IS  - 3
SP  - 332
EP  - 339
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AH050332 
N2  - Maternity services in Australia are in urgent need of change. During the last 10 years several reviews have highlighted the need to provide more continuity of care for women in conjunction with the rationalisation of services. One solution may lie in the development of new integrated systems of care where primary-level maternity units offer midwiferyled care and women are transferred into perinatal centres to access tertiary-level obstetric technology and staff when required. This case study outlines the introduction of caseload midwifery into an Area Health Service in metropolitan Sydney. Our objective is to explore the concept of caseload midwifery and the process of implementing the first midwifery-led unit in NSW within an integrated service network. The midwifeled unit is a small but growing phenomenon in many countries.1 However, the provision of ?continuity? and ?woman-centred? midwifery care involves radical changes to conventional hospital practice. 
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