Maternity unit design study part 4: midwives' perceptions of staff facilities.
Staff wellbeing is a recognized feature of workplace effectiveness. This final results paper presents data on staff attitudes from a multi-site study in England examining maternity unit design. Two hundred and twenty-seven midwives completed questionnaires relating to their workplace; follow-up focu...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Midwifery Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 228 - 232 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Mark Allen Holdings Limited
Apr2008
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