Empowerment in the midwifery context-a concept analysis

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 811-816

  Hermansson, Evelyn ^a   Mårtensson, Lena ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbearing period; Concept analysis; Empowerment; Hybrid model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ASSERTIVENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255146390     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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