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breastfeeding.” MIDIRS Midwifery Digest 16(4): 445-449. Jenkins et al, (2015) Women’s views about maternity care: How do women conceptualise the process of continuity? Midwifery 31 (2015) 25–30. Jepsen, I, Juul, S, Foureur, M, Sørensen, E and Nøhr, E, (2017) ‘Is caseload midwifery a healthy work-form? – A survey of . Midwifery,
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