title: Risk of pressure damage for women using maternity services.
abstract: Pressure ulcer prevention and maternity services are areas of health care that are rarely linked. However, anecdotal evidence appears to support the view that increasing numbers of women develop pressure damage during childbirth (Malone, 2000; Newton and Butcher, 2000). This is becoming an area of concern for clinicians and risk managers (Butcher, 1999).
authors.affiliation: Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust.
authors.forename: Martyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Butcher
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000592:standards; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011322:Primary Prevention; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology