Role redesign in the National Health Service: The effects on midwives' work and professional boundaries

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 695-712

  Prowse, Julie ^a   Prowse, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Closure; Midwives' work; National Health Service; Professional boundaries; Role redesign

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349130428     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017008096743     Document Type: Article

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