Relationships: The hidden threads in the tapestry of maternity care

Midwifery

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-137

  Hunter, Billie ^a   Berg, Marie ^b   Lundgren, Ingela ^c   Ólafsdóttir, Ólöf Ásta ^d   Kirkham, Mavis ^e  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABOR COMPLICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TRUST;

EID: 43349106009     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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