A midwifery model of woman-centred childbirth care - In Swedish and Icelandic settings

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 79-87

  Berg, Marie ^a   Ólafsdóttir, Ólöf Asta ^b   Lundgren, Ingela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Midwifery; Models of care; Theoretical model; Woman centred

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDWIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; ICELAND; MIDWIFERY; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PARTURITION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84860779984     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: 18775764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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