Dutch women's decision-making in pregnancy and labour as seen through the eyes of their midwives

Midwifery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-286

  van der Hulst, Leonie A M ^a   van Teijlingen, Edwin R ^b   Bonsel, Gouke J ^a   Eskes, Martine ^c   Birnie, Erwin ^a   Bleker, Otto P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Health Care Insurance Board ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Low risk pregnancy; Maternity care; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NETHERLANDS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDWIFERY; NETHERLANDS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34547852442     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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