Evaluation of one-to-one midwifery: Women's responses to care

Birth

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-80

  McCourt, Christine ^a,b   Page, Lesley ^b   Hewison, Jenny ^d   Vail, Andy ^c  

^a Albany Midwifery Practice   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; NURSE MIDWIFE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS; NURSE MIDWIVES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY NURSING CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032084915     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536x.1998.00073.x     Document Type: Review

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