Supervision of midwives in neonatal environments - 'The mists of uncertainty'

Journal of Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-27

  Blake, Diane ^a   Teasdale, Debra ^a  

^a CCCU   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Midwives; Neonatal and midwifery community; Neonatal environments; Supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149089974     PISSN: 13551841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnn.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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