What accounts for physician opinions about midwifery in Canada?

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 399-407

  Biais, Régis ^a   Lambert, Jean ^a   Maheux, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033162653     PISSN: 00912182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-2182(99)00061-0     Document Type: Article

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