Personal control in pain relief during labour

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1168-1177

  Wright, Marion E ^a   McCrea, Hally ^c   Stringer, Maurice ^a   Murphy Black, Tricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Childbirth; Labour pain; Midwives; Multigravidae; Pain relief; Personal control; Primigravidae; Rules

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PARITY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PAIN; PARITY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034322157     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01587.x     Document Type: Article

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