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INDEX PAGE Introduction .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 Section I*.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. o To consider and recommend standards of care for mothers and infants in State and private maternity hospitals, wards, and annexes. How best to establish uniformity in maternity nurse training, pediatric care, and research. To what extent have nursing standards in obstetrical care been affected consequent upon staffing difficulties. SECTION II .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 To inquire into and submit suggestions relating to building programmes for maternity hospital purposes covering—(a) Centralization; (b) Decentralization; (c) Incorporation in ; or (d) Detached from existing buildings. Whether obstetrical work should bp separated from all general hospital contact, and whether maternity nurses should live in obstetrical hospitals. Section 111 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 How to safeguard under the law maternity patients and their children from incompetence or negligence or malpractice of any doctor. SECTION IV .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 The advisability of establishing an Obstetric Council from which the Minister could obtain advice on matters affecting the maternity services of New Zealand. Section V .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 Such other matters as may arise in the course of the Conference's inquiries.

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