A comparison of labour and birth outcomes in Jordan with WHO guidelines: a descriptive study using a new birth record

Midwifery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Khresheh, Reham ^a   Homer, Caroline ^b   Barclay, Lesley ^c  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Clinical data; Evidence based practice; Normal birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; DELIVERY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; LABOR; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JORDAN; LABOR, INDUCED; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFERY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 70449097985     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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