Midwife-led maternity services and consumer 'choice' in an Australian metropolitan region

Midwifery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 177-185

  Zadoroznyj, Maria ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; MIDWIFE; NURSE ATTITUDE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANECDOTES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S ROLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0034285671     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/midw.1999.0207     Document Type: Article

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