Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 79-87 , April 2006

The role of reviews of perinatal deaths

  • James F. King

      Affiliations

    • Department of Perinatal Medicine, Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 9344 2151; fax: +61 3 9347 1761.
    • ,
  • Rosemary A. Warren

      Affiliations

    • Department of Perinatal Medicine, Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
    • Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity, Victoria, Australia

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PII: S1744-165X(05)00096-X

doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2005.11.008

Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 79-87 , April 2006

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