Domains of postpartum doula care and maternal responsiveness and competence

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-156

  McComish, Judith Fry ^a   Visger, Joan M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal competence; Maternal issues related to postpartum; Maternal responsiveness; Participant observation; Postpartum doula care; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 63149130136     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2009.01002.x     Document Type: Article

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