Midwife and nurse responses to miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death: A critical review of qualitative research

Evidence Based Midwifery

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 100-106

  Wallbank, Sonya ^a   Robertson, Noelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Midwife, pregnancy loss; Professional grief loss; Psychological distress; Staff reaction morbidity; Staff stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651092250     PISSN: 14794489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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