Nurses speaking up for mothers and children: 25 Years of public policy involvement

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 311-314

  Givens, Susan Rumsey ^a   Carpenter, Mary Brecht ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Child health services; Health policy; Maternal health services; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; MEDICAID; NURSES; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034320468     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200011000-00006     Document Type: Article

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