Enhancing safety in the maternity services: a greater role for midwife-led care?

Midwifery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-2

  Bick, Debra ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MIDWIFE; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 58149295940     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2008.12.001     Document Type: Editorial

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