Comparison of labor and delivery care provided by certified nurse-midwives and physicians: A systematic review, 1990 to 2008

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Johantgen, Meg ^a   Fountain, Lily ^a   Zangaro, George ^b   Newhouse, Robin ^a   Stanik Hutt, Julie ^c   White, Kathleen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPISIOTOMY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE MIDWIFE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINEUM INJURY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NURSE MIDWIVES; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855612195     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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