Midwifery and quality care: Findings from a new evidence-informed framework for maternal and newborn care

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9948, 2014, Pages 1129-1145

  Renfrew, Mary J ^a   McFadden, Alison ^a   Bastos, Maria Helena ^b   Campbell, James ^c   Channon, Andrew Amos ^d   Cheung, Ngai Fen ^e   Silva, Deborah Rachel Audebert Delage ^f   Downe, Soo ^g   Kennedy, Holly Powell ^h   Malata, Address ⁱ   McCormick, Felicia ^j   Wick, Laura ^k   Declercq, Eugene ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b World Health Organisation Brazil   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Cooperación Social Integrare   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e Child Health Association of China   (China)

^f Parto Do Princípio Mulheres em Rede Pela Maternidade Ativa   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^j UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^k BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^l BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW; SKILL; STILLBIRTH; TEAMWORK; BRAZIL; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; INDIA; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

BRAZIL; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84908332112     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60789-3     Document Type: Review

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