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Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 105-111 , September 2010

Cultural safety and its importance for Australian midwifery practice

  • Jasten Phiri, RN, RM, BSc (Hons) Nursing, BSc (Hons) Midwifery, PGDE, DHlthSc (Candidate)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Charles Sturt University, Boorooma Street, Locked Bag 588, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 69332805; fax: +61 2 69332866.
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  • Elaine Dietsch, RN, RM, FPNP, WHNP, DipSHC, MN(WH), PhD
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  • Ann Bonner, RN, BAppSc(Nurs), MA, PhD, MRCNA

Received 20 April 2009 ,Revised 27 October 2009 ,Accepted 13 November 2009.

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