An exploration of the importance of emotional intelligence in midwifery

Evidence Based Midwifery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 53-60

  Patterson, Dorothy ^a   Begley, Ann M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Effective working; Emotions; Empathy; Evidence based midwifery; Intelligence; Recognition of feelings; Understanding of emotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868301265     PISSN: 14794489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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