Educating undergraduate nursing students as birth companions

Nursing and Health Care Perspectives

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 89-91

  Jordan, Elizabeth T ^a   Van Zandt, Shirley E ^a   Oseroff, Michele ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Birth Companions; Community Care; Doula; Labor Support; Undergraduate Nursing Elective

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041365932     PISSN: 10942831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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