Australian caseload midwifery: The exception or the rule

Women and Birth

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-46

  Hartz, Donna L ^a,b   Foureur, Maralyn ^c   Tracy, Sally K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian maternity service; Caesarean section; Caseload; Clinical outcomes; Midwifery; Models of care

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDWIFE; NOTE; OBSTETRICS; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UNITED KINGDOM;

AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RISK; STANDARD OF CARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84856576419     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2011.01.001     Document Type: Note

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