General practitioners: Their contact with maternal and child health nurses in postnatal care

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-163

  Mbwili Muleya, C ^a   Gunn, Jane ^a   Jenkins, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact; General practitioner; Maternal and child health nurse; Postnatal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD CARE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POSTNATAL CARE;

EID: 0034027150     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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