Women and Birth
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 64-72 , June 2009

‘It looks good on paper’: Transitions of care between midwives and child and family health nurses in New South Wales

  • Caroline S.E. Homer

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
  • ,
  • Kathryn Henry

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
  • ,
  • Virginia Schmied

      Affiliations

    • College of Health Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Australia
  • ,
  • Lynn Kemp

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Equity Training Research and Evaluation, University of NSW, Australia
  • ,
  • Nicky Leap

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
    • South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service, Australia
  • ,
  • Carolyn Briggs

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Received 16 September 2008 ,Revised 8 January 2009 ,Accepted 8 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2009.01.004

Women and Birth
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 64-72 , June 2009