Midwifery is reclaiming its perspective as a discipline separate from, yet integrally related to nursing and medicine. Emerging trends in health care place increased demands on the knowledge base and clinical practice of midwifery, stimulating a need for new directions in midwifery education. The ma
Direct-entry midwifery education History in the making
β Scribed by Mary Ann Shah; JNM; SUNY HSCB Midwifery Education Program; Lily Hsia; JNM; SUNY HSCB Midwifery Education Program
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Weight
- 392 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2182
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