Improvement of maternal and newborn health through midwifery

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9949, 2014, Pages 1226-1235

  Ten Hoope Bender, Petra ^a   De Bernis, Luc ^b   Campbell, James ^a   Downe, Soo ^c   Fauveau, Vincent ^d   Fogstad, Helga ^e   Homer, Caroline S E ^f   Kennedy, Holly Powell ^g   Matthews, Zoe ^h   McFadden, Alison ⁱ   Renfrew, Mary J ⁱ   Van Lerberghe, Wim ^j  

^a ICS Instituto de Cooperación Social Integrare   (Spain)

^b UN Population Fund   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d Holistic Sante   (France)

^e Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^j WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFE; MIDWIFERY EDUCATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE MIDWIFE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFERY; NURSE MIDWIVES; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84908352714     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60930-2     Document Type: Review

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