Australian midwives' attitudes towards care for women with emotional distress

Midwifery

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 216-221

  Jones, Cindy J ^a   Creedy, Debra K ^a,b   Gamble, Jenny A ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Emotional care distress; Midwives' attitudes

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDWIFE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84858154745     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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