A workforce profile comparison of practising and non-practising midwives in Australia: Baseline data from the Midwives and Nurses e-cohort Study

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 342-349

  Bogossian, Fiona E ^a   Long, Maryann H ^a   Benefer, Christine ^a   Humphreyes Reid, Lindy J ^a   Kellett, Susan E M ^a   Zhao, Isabella ^a   Turner, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohort; Midwife; Shortage; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PRACTICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79957618060     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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