Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Labor and Birth: An Application of Kolcaba's Theory of Holistic Comfort

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-77

  Koehn, Mary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Childbirth education; Comfort; Holistic nursing; Kolcaba's theory of holistic comfort

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; LABOR; MODEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MODELS, NURSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0034289850     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200010000-00009     Document Type: Article

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