Caring for the pregnant woman and her baby in a changing maternity service environment: The role of acupuncture

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 123-125

  Smith, Caroline ^a   Dahlen, Hannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956245692     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2009.001115     Document Type: Article

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