An emerging model of maternity care: Smartphone, midwife, doctor?

Women and Birth

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-67

  Tripp, Nadia ^a   Hainey, Kirsten ^a   Liu, Anthony ^a,b   Poulton, Alison ^a,b   Peek, Michael ^a,b   Kim, Jinman ^b   Nanan, Ralph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Maternity care; Pregnancy; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; EMPOWERMENT; EXPECTANT MOTHER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDWIFE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMARTPHONE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

MATERNITY CARE; PREGNANCY; SMARTPHONE;

ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84896315847     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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