A qualitative study exploring women's and health professionals' views of newborn bathing practices

Evidence Based Midwifery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 112-121

  Lavender, Tina ^a   Bedwell, Carol ^a   Tsekiri O'Brien, Ediri ^a   Hart, Anna ^b   Turner, Mark ^c   Cork, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baby; Bathing; Evidence based midwifery; Health visitor; Midwife; Newborn; Qualitative; Skin care

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549092290     PISSN: 14794489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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