Does team midwife care increase satisfaction with antenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care? A randomized controlled trial

Birth

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 156-167

  Waldenström, Ulla ^a   Brown, Stephanie ^c   McLachlan, Helen ^c   Forster, Della ^c   Brennecke, Shaun ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Box 286 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NURSING, TEAM; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VICTORIA;

EID: 0034281161     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536x.2000.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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