Coping with labor pain

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 116-125

  Niven, Catherine A ^a   Gijsbers, Karel ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childbirth; coping; pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029977581     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0885-3924(95)00158-1     Document Type: Article

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