The midwife's ultimate paradox: A UK-based study of the death of a mother

Midwifery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 248-258

  Mander, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BURNOUT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NURSING; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANECDOTES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035650547     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/midw.2001.0275     Document Type: Article

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