Developing nursing and midwifery communities of practice for making pregnancy safer

Knowledge Management and E-Learning

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-133

  Lori, Jody Rae ^a   Ortiz, Debbie Diaz ^d   Oyarzo, Sandra ^b   Abbott, Patricia ^c   Land, Sandra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Communities of Practice; Knowledge Gateway; Making Pregnancy Safer; Midwifery; Nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866241735     PISSN: 20737904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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