Maternal satisfaction with management in labour and preference for mode of delivery

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 433-439

  Geary, Michael ^a,b   Fanagan, Margaret ^a   Boylan, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Delivery choice; Labour satisfaction; Mode of delivery; Patient's choice

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0030666466     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpme.1997.25.5.433     Document Type: Article

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