Selected coping strategies in labor: An investigation of women's experiences

Birth

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-194

  Spiby, Helen ^a   Slade, Pauline ^b   Escott, Diane ^b   Henderson, Beverley ^c   Fraser, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Rotherham Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; MATERNAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MOTHERS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0041823393     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536X.2003.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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