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| Susan F MurraySummaryAffiliation: King's College London Country: UK Publications
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Improving emergency obstetric care in a context of very high maternal mortality: the Nepal Safer Motherhood Project 1997-2004Alison Dembo Rath
Nepal Safer Motherhood Project, Kathmandu, Nepal
Reprod Health Matters 15:72-80. 2007..Programming also needs to address the social environment...
The promotion of private health insurance and its implications for the social organisation of healthcare: a case study of private sector obstetric practice in ChileSusan F Murray
King s College London, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, London SE1 9NH
Sociol Health Illn 27:701-21. 2005..By examining the specific organisational arrangements under which private maternity care is conducted in Chile we shed light on the connection between privately-funded maternity care and high caesarean section rates in this setting...
Maternity referral systems in developing countries: current knowledge and future research needsSusan F Murray
King s College London, UK
Soc Sci Med 62:2205-15. 2006..Finally, research is required to determine how and whether a more integrated approach to emergency care systems may benefit women and their communities...
Exclusion on grounds of language ability--a reporting gap in health services research?Susan Murray
King s College London, London, UK
J Health Serv Res Policy 12:205-8. 2007..We explore current reporting practice concerning recruitment of participants in health services research using examples from one 'high impact' journal and suggest ways in which future reporting can be strengthened...
Entrepreneurial nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom: an integrative reviewVari Drennan
The Primary Care Nursing Research Unit, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London, London, UK
J Adv Nurs 60:459-69. 2007..This paper is a report of an integrative literature review to investigate: (a) the extent of entrepreneurial activity by nurses, midwives and health visitors in the United Kingdom and (b) the factors that influenced these activities...
'Doing' health policy analysis: methodological and conceptual reflections and challengesGill Walt
Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, UK
Health Policy Plan 23:308-17. 2008..The final section explores ways of advancing the field of health policy analysis with recommendations on theory, methodology and researcher reflexivity...
Evaluation of a domestic violence intervention in the maternity and sexual health services of a UK hospitalLoraine J Bacchus
King s College London, London, UK
Reprod Health Matters 18:147-57. 2010..Maternity and sexual health services were found to be opportune points of intervention for domestic violence services that combine routine enquiry by clinicians, support after disclosure and attention to harm reduction...
The crisis in human resources for health care and the potential of a 'retired' workforce: case study of the independent midwifery sector in TanzaniaBen Rolfe
Research and Reproductive Health Specialist, Options Consultancy Services London, UK
Health Policy Plan 23:137-49. 2008..Prohibitive start-up expenses need to be reduced by less emphasis on facility-based provision. On-going financing arrangements such as micro-credit, contracting, vouchers and franchising models require consideration...
