Satisfaction and the three C’s: Continuity, choice and control. Women’s views from a randomised controlled trial of midwife-led care

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1273-1280

  Hundley, V A ^a   Milne, J M ^a   Glazener, C M A ^b   Mollison, J ^b  

^a ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0030665575     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb10974.x     Document Type: Article

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