Examining the evidence for the International Confederation of Midwives' essential competencies for midwifery practice

Midwifery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-13

  Fullerton, Judith T ^a   Thompson, Joyce B ^b  

^a Project Concern International   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Evidence based practice; Midwifery competencies

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MIDWIFE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SKILL;

EID: 14544286371     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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