The Experience of Pregnancy and Birth with Midwives: Results from the Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey

Birth

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-215

  O'Brien, Beverley ^a   Chalmers, Beverley ^b   Fell, Deshayne ^c   Heaman, Maureen ^d   Darling, Elizabeth K ^e   Herbert, Pearl ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Better Outcomes Registry and Network (BORN)   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family practitioners; Maternal birth experience; Maternal outcomes; Midwives; Nurses; Obstetricians

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; PARTURITION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STANDARD OF CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052423680     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2011.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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