Journeying through labour and delivery: Perceptions of women who have given birth

Midwifery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 48-61

  Halldorsdottir, Sigridur ^a   Karlsdottir, Sigfridur Inga ^b  

^a Faculty of Health Sciences

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; LABOR; MOTHER; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MOTHERS; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0030162321     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-6138(96)90002-9     Document Type: Article

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