Marianne P. Amelink-Verburg, SRM, is a midwife researcher, Inspector of Perinatal Care in the Health Care Inspectorate of The Netherlands and Chief Midwifery Officer of The Netherlands, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Pregnancy and Labour in the Dutch Maternity Care System: What Is Normal? The Role Division Between Midwives and Obstetricians
Article first published online: 24 DEC 2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2010.01.001
2010 American College of Nurse Midwives
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Amelink-Verburg, M. P. and Buitendijk, S. E. (2010), Pregnancy and Labour in the Dutch Maternity Care System: What Is Normal? The Role Division Between Midwives and Obstetricians. Journal of Midwifery & Womens Health, 55: 216–225. doi: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2010.01.001
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Marianne P. Amelink-Verburg, SRM, is a midwife researcher, Inspector of Perinatal Care in the Health Care Inspectorate of The Netherlands and Chief Midwifery Officer of The Netherlands, The Hague, The Netherlands.
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Simone E. Buitendijk, MD, MPH, PhD, is head of the Child Health Programme, TNO Institute for Applied Scientific Research, and a professor of midwifery studies at the University of Amsterdam Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Issue published online: 24 DEC 2010
- Article first published online: 24 DEC 2010
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