Women and Birth
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 31-34 , March 2007

The effect of professional socialisation on midwives’ practice

  • Myra Parsons

      Affiliations

    • Midwife in private practice, University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Rhonda Griffiths

      Affiliations

    • South West Sydney Centre for Applied Nursing Research, Australia
    • NSW Centre for Evidence Based Health Care, South Western Sydney Area Health Service, Australia
    • Midwife in private practice, University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia

Received 10 April 2006 ,Revised 23 September 2006 ,Accepted 25 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2006.09.003

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