Integrating lay and nurse-midwifery into the U.S. and Canadian health care systems

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1051-1063

  Bourgeault, Ivy Lynn ^a   Fynes, Mary ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Lay midwifery; Nurse midwifery; Organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MIDWIFE; NURSING; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NURSE MIDWIVES; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030890434     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00290-0     Document Type: Article

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