Can midwives reduce postpartum psychological morbidity? A randomized trial

Birth

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 215-219

  Lavender, Tina ^a   Walkinshaw, Stephen A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

ADULT; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032253771     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536X.1998.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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