Mainstreaming alternative medicine: Doing midwifery at the intersection

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 644-662

  Turner, Paaige K ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Birth; Midwife; Midwifery; Paradox

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; BIRTHING CENTERS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MIDWIFERY; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 2942523137     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732304263656     Document Type: Review

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