Continuity of carer: What matters to women? A review of the evidence

Midwifery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 186-196

  Green, Josephine M ^c   Renfrew, Mary J ^a   Curtis, Penny A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0034285662     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/midw.1999.0208     Document Type: Article

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