Midwives' and doctors' attitudes towards the use of the cardiotocograph machine

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  McKevitt, Sarah ^a   Gillen, Patricia ^b   Sinclair, Marlene ^b  

^a SOUTH EASTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth technology; Cardiotocograph monitoring; Fetal monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255149596     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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