Adherence by midwives to the Dutch national guidelines on threatened miscarriage in general practice: A prospective study

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 69-74

  Fleuren, Margot ^a   Grol, Richard ^b,c,d   De Haan, Marten ^d,e   Wijkel, Dirk ^a   Oudshoorn, Christine ^f  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Department of General Practice ^*

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f Kerkrade Midwifery School   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Midwives; Threatened miscarriage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMINENT ABORTION; MANPOWER; NETHERLANDS; NURSE MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ABORTION, THREATENED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; NURSE MIDWIVES; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0031157216     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.6.2.69     Document Type: Article

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