Changing childbirth: A pilot project

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 617-628

  Hicks, Carolyn ^a   Spurgeon, Peter ^a   Barwell, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Changing Childbirth; Clinical outcomes; Continuity of care; Maternal satisfaction; Midwifery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL CARE; NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; NURSE MIDWIFE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING, TEAM; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0041735227     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02665.x     Document Type: Article

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