Hong Kong Chinese women's experiences of vaginal examinations in labour

Midwifery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 296-303

  Lai, Chit Ying ^a   Levy, Valerie ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABOR; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PAIN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; SKILL; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; VAGINA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDWIFERY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; VAGINA;

EID: 0036886110     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/midw.2002.0326     Document Type: Article

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