Articles of Interest

Birthing in the Bush - Maternity Services in Remote Areas of Australia
Kildea, S., 2001, Birthing in the Bush - Maternity Services in Remote Areas of Australia. Paper presented at the 19th National Annual Conference of the Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia Conference – From Generalist to Specialist, The Australian Remote Area Nurse, Cairns, 28-31.8.01. 
Published in the conference proceedings and the PDF is reprinted here with permission from CRANA. Download the PDF from the 'file list' at the bottom of this page (titled 'CRANA conference paper').
Risk and Childbirth in Rural and Remote Australia
Peer reviewed paper presented at the 7th National Rural Health Conference – The Art and Science of Healthy Community – Sharing country know-how, Hobart, 1-4 March 2003.
Sue Kildea gives an overview of maternity services in rural and remote Australia and compares these with what is occurring in remote areas of Canada and New Zealand. She discusses barriers to service provision in remote and rural areas and how continuity of care in these settings could be provided.

 

 

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