Serving women in need: Nurse-midwifery practice in the United States

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-16

  Declercq, Eugene R ^a   Williams, Deanne R ^b   Koontz, Ann M ^b   Paine, Lisa L ^b   Streit, Erica L ^b   McCloskey, Lois ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035219309     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-9523(00)00091-X     Document Type: Article

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