Team midwifery: The influence of the midwife-woman relationship on women's experiences and perceptions of maternity care

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-35

  Tinkler, Angela ^a,d   Quinney, Deborah ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Worcestershire Comm Hlthcare N   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d St Catherine's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiences and perceptions of care; Midwife woman relationship; Team midwifery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING, TEAM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032111187     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00769.x     Document Type: Article

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