'Lending the space': Midwives perceptions of birth space and clinical risk management

Midwifery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 526-531

  Seibold, Camel ^a   Licqurish, Sharon ^a   Rolls, Colleen ^a   Hopkins, Finbar ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomedical discourse; Birth space; Clinical risk management; Midwifery practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; WORK; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; RISK MANAGEMENT; VICTORIA; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77956987885     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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