Journal of women's health
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Journal of women's health · May 2013
ReviewRevival of a core public health function: state- and urban-based maternal death review processes.
This article reviews some of the current challenges for maternal death review in the United States, describes key findings from an assessment of U. S. capacity for conducting maternal death reviews, and introduces a new Maternal Mortality Initiative that aims to develop standardized guidelines for state- or city-based maternal deaths review processes.