The myth of painless childbirth (The John J. Bonica Lecture)

Pain

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1984, Pages 321-337

  Melzack, Ronald ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SURVEY; THERAPY;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PAIN; PARITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0021224448     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(84)90079-4     Document Type: Article

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