The buck stops here: Midwives and maternity care in rural Scotland

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-307

  Harris, Fiona M ^a   van Teijlingen, Edwin ^b,c   Hundley, Vanora ^a,d   Farmer, Jane ^e,f   Bryers, Helen ^c,g   Caldow, Jan ^c   Ireland, Jillian ^b,h   Kiger, Alice ^c,g   Tucker, Janet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^f LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g NHS Highland ^*  (Slovenia)

^h Department of Obstetric Anaesthesia   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructing rurality; Embodied midwifery practice; Rural maternity care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING PRACTICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SCOTLAND;

EID: 79957588791     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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