Making the diagnosis of labour: Midwives' diagnostic judgement and management decisions

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 625-635

  Cheyne, Helen ^a   Dowding, Dawn W ^b   Hundley, Vanora ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Diagnosis; Focus groups; Judgement; Labour; Midwifery

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABOR ONSET; LABOR STAGE 1; NURSE MIDWIFE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CUES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LABOR ONSET; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; NURSE MIDWIVES; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PAIN; PREGNANCY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33644893104     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03769.x     Document Type: Article

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