Cultural competence and ethnic attitudes of midwives concerning Jewish couples

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 544-555

  Noble, Anita ^a   Engelhardt, Kay ^b   Newsome Wicks, Mona ^b   Woloski Wruble, Anna C ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Ethnic attitudes; Israeli midwives; Jewish; Religious; Secular; Traditional; Ultra Orthodox

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149122128     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2009.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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