Measuring social influence of a senior midwife on decision-making in maternity care: An experimental study

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 120-126

  Martin, Caroline Hollins ^a,b   Bull, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Maternity care; Midwives; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744452488     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.808     Document Type: Article

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