The tensions of uncertainty: Midwives managing risk in and of their practice

Midwifery

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 35-41

  Skinner, Joan ^a   Maude, Robyn ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Complexity; Midwifery; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICISM; FECES; HUMAN; LEG; MIDWIFE; MODEL; NEW ZEALAND; TENSION; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRENDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; METAPHOR; MIDWIFERY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW ZEALAND; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84962046030     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2016.03.006     Document Type: Article

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