Care during the third stage of labour: A postal survey of UK midwives and obstetricians

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Farrar, Diane ^a,c   Tuffnell, Derek ^b   Airey, Rebecca ^b   Duley, Lelia ^a,c  

^a BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGOMETRINE PLUS OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LABOR STAGE 3; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDWIFE; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREMATURITY; UMBILICAL CORD; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL DELIVERY; DELIVERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIGATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING; NURSING PRACTICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TIME; TRACTION THERAPY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSTRICTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; OBSTETRICS; OXYTOCICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TRACTION; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 77952439435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-23     Document Type: Article

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