What does it take to have a strong and independent profession of midwifery? Lessons from the Netherlands

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1122-1128

  De Vries, Raymond ^a,b,c   Nieuwenhuijze, Marianne ^a   Buitendijk, Simone E ^d  

^a ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Home birth; Maternity care; Midwifery; Sociology of science

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NETHERLANDS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING PRACTICE; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NETHERLANDS; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE'S ROLE; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PARTURITION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 84884414345     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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