Voices of midwives: A tapestry of challenges and blessings

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 96-101

  Doherty, Mary Ellen ^a  

^a WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Midwifery; Nursemidwifery; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; MOTIVATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; MOTIVATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77949391319     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0b013e3181caea9f     Document Type: Article

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