TY - JOUR
T1 - Perinatal partnerships in practice
T2 - A conceptual framework for linking care across the childbearing continuum
AU - Bakewell-Sachs, Susan
AU - Persily, Cynthia Armstrong
PY - 1995/6
Y1 - 1995/6
N2 - Health care delivery across the childbearing continuum can involve multiple providers and sites, resulting in fragmentation and duplication of services. This article. presents a framework for developing linkages across care sites and providers as a potential model for minimizing such fragmentation and duplication. Nurses' presence in all health care settings, dominance in the provision of direct care services, and holistic focus of care establish them as logical leaders in linkage development.
AB - Health care delivery across the childbearing continuum can involve multiple providers and sites, resulting in fragmentation and duplication of services. This article. presents a framework for developing linkages across care sites and providers as a potential model for minimizing such fragmentation and duplication. Nurses' presence in all health care settings, dominance in the provision of direct care services, and holistic focus of care establish them as logical leaders in linkage development.
KW - Childbearing continuum
KW - Communication
KW - Coordination
KW - Linkages
KW - Pregnancy
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U2 - 10.1097/00005237-199506000-00006
DO - 10.1097/00005237-199506000-00006
M3 - Article
C2 - 7745534
AN - SCOPUS:0029321435
VL - 9
SP - 31
EP - 37
JO - Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing
JF - Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing
SN - 0893-2190
IS - 1
ER -