What psychosocial well-being in the postnatal period means to midwives

Midwifery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 413-424

  Gibb, Susan ^a   Hundley, Vanora ^b  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Labour debriefing; Postnatal care; Psychosocial well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSESSMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 35549012036     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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