Women's expectations and experience of birth

Psychology and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-92

  Ayers, S ^a   Pickering, A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Birth; Expectations; Experience; Labour; Parity

Indexed keywords

EID: 11944253143     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0887044042000272912     Document Type: Article

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