The quality of routine examinations of the newborn performed by midwives and SHOs; an evaluation using video recordings

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 176-180

  Bloomfield, L ^a   Rogers, C ^a   Townsend, J ^b   Wolke, D ^c   Quist Therson, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d WEST HERTFORDSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART; HIP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LUNG; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PEDIATRICIAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; VIDEORECORDING;

ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; NEONATAL SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0345865021     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/096914103771773267     Document Type: Article

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