Improved practical skills of midwives practicing in the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa through the study of a self-education manual

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 184-188

  Theron, Gerhard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING EDUCATION; PERINATOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ADULT; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIVES; PERINATOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 0034167534     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200334     Document Type: Review

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