'Alone, I wouldn't have known what to do': A qualitative study on social support during labor and delivery in Mexico

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 395-403

  Campero, Lourdes ^a   García, Cecilia ^a   Díaz, Carmen ^a   Ortiz, Olivia ^a   Reynoso, Sofía ^b   Langer, Ana ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Childbirth; Doula; Labor; Mexico; Social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABOR; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MEXICO; MOTHERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031781777     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00077-X     Document Type: Article

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