title: Maternal Mortality in the United States: We Must Do Better.
authors.affiliation: Kathleen Rice Simpson is a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist in St. Louis, MO, and the Editor-in-Chief of MCN. Dr. Simpson can be reached via e-mail at krsimpson@prodigy.net.
authors.forename: Kathleen Rice
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008428:Maternal Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States; D005260:Female