Case-loading midwifery in New Zealand: Making space for childbirth

Midwifery

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 603-608

  Davis, Deborah L ^a   Walker, Kim ^b  

^a OTAGO POLYTECHNIC   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Hospital; Midwifery; Postmodernism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PHILOSOPHY; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149413380     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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