A comparison of the outcomes of partnership caseload midwifery and standard hospital care in low risk mothers

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Johnson, Maree ^a,b   Stewart, Helen ^c   Langdon, Rachel ^c   Kelly, Pauline ^c   Yong, Lian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Liverpool Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caseload; Midwifery; Mothers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MIDWIFERY; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARITY; PARTNERSHIP PRACTICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33645464386     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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