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2025
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2024
Knapp & Roberts (2024). Common Problems Caused By Unnecessary Surgery. Medical Malpractice Lawyers Arizona. https://www.knappandroberts.com/arizona-medical-malpractice-lawyer/common-problems-caused-by-unnecessary-surgery/#:~:text=Post%2Doperative%20infections%2C%20blood%20clots
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2023
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Ledbetter, A. (2023, July 21). C-section Rates Are Way Too High. We Need to Hold Doctors and Hospitals Accountable. Scientific American. Retrieved April 17, 2024, from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/c-section-rates-are-way-too-high-we-need-to-hold-doctors-and-hospitals-accountable/
2022
Kirkegaard, D. (2022, July 27). Like everyone else, Sex Workers Deserve Health Care. USA for UNFPA. https://www.usaforunfpa.org/like-everyone-else-sex-workers-deserve-health-care/
2021
Coelho, G. D. P., Ayres, L. F. A., Barreto, D. S., Henriques, B. D., Prado, M. R. M. C., & Passos, C. M. D. (2021). Acquisition of Microbiota According to the Type of birth: an Integrative Review. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 29. https://doi.org/10.1590/1518.8345.4466.3446
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2020
MacDougal, C. (2020) Childbirth distress: A call for professional engagement. Journal of Women and Social Work, vol 35 (3). https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0886109919873909 Accessed https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0886109919873909
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2019
Columbia University School of Nursing (2019). Unit-level analysis shows hospital understaffing increases infection risk in patients. Accessed https://www.nursing.columbia.edu/news/columbia-nursing-study-finds-link-between-health-care-associated-infections-and-nurse-understaffing
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2018
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Huang, E. C.-H., Pu, C., Chou, Y.-J., & Huang, N. (2018). Public Trust in Physicians—Health Care Commodification as a Possible Deteriorating Factor: Cross-sectional Analysis of 23 Countries. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 55, 004695801875917. https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958018759174
Martin, N. (2018). A larger role for midwives could improve deficient U.S. care for mothers and babies. https://www.propublica.org/article/midwives-study-maternal-neonatal-care
2017
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2016
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2013
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2012
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2011
Cousins, D. and Rosario, C. (2011) Insulin, hospitals and harm: a review of patient safety incidents reported to the National Patient Safety Agency https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5873796/
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