Women and Birth
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 82-88 , September 2009

Midwives’ emotional wellbeing: Impact of conducting a Structured Antenatal Psychosocial Assessment (SAPSA)

  • Lyndall Mollart

      Affiliations

    • Antenatal Services, Gosford Maternity Services, Central Coast Health, Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service, PO Box 361, Gosford NSW 2250, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 43202461; fax: +61 2 43202220.
    • ,
  • Carol Newing

      Affiliations

    • Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service, Australia
    • ,
  • Maralyn Foureur

      Affiliations

    • Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service and University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Received 6 January 2009 ,Revised 2 February 2009 ,Accepted 2 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2009.02.001

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