'She sort of shines': midwives' accounts of 'good' midwifery and 'good' leadership

Midwifery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 126-137

  Byrom, Sheena ^a   Downe, Soo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Leadership; Midwife; Skilled competence; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MIDWIFERY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 73949085278     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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