New midwifery? A qualitative analysis of midwives' decision-making strategies

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 525-534

  Porter, Sam ^a   Crozier, Kenda ^b   Sinclair, Marlene ^c   Kernohan, W George ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Focus groups; Midwifery; New professionalism; Observation; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 35548961411     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04449.x     Document Type: Article

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