Safe Maternity Units and Perinatal High Reliability.

MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs

Dr. 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 email at

Published: March 2021

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