To see or not to see? Midwives' perceptions of reduced antenatal attendances for low-risk' women

Midwifery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 257-263

  Sanders, Julia ^b   Somerset, Maggie ^b   Jewell, David ^b   Sharp, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; NURSE MIDWIFE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSE MIDWIVES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033301915     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/midw.1999.0183     Document Type: Article

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