Working in caseload midwifery care: The experience of midwives working in a birth centre in North Queensland

Women and Birth

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-36

  Edmondson, Marissa C ^a   Walker, Sandra B ^b  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth centre; Caseload; Experiences; Midwifery role; Midwives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDWIFE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORK EXPERIENCE;

BIRTH CENTRE; CASELOAD; EXPERIENCES; MIDWIFERY ROLE; MIDWIVES;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIRTHING CENTERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PREGNANCY; QUEENSLAND; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84896315406     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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