The International Confederation of Midwives' study of essential competencies of midwifery practice

Midwifery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 174-190

  Fullerton, Judith ^a   Severino, Richard ^b   Brogan, Kelly ^c,d   Thompson, Joyce ^e   Lacey, Bernardine M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b Queen's Medical Center   (United States)

^c Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^d Western Michigan University ^*  (United States)

^e WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDWIFE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE; SKILL; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0041475821     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-6138(03)00032-9     Document Type: Article

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