Maternal expectations and experiences of labour pain and analgesia: A multicentre study of nulliparous women

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 229-235

  Capogna, G ^a   Alahuhta, S ^b   Celleno, D ^a   De Vlieger, H ^c   Moreira, J ^d   Morgan, B ^e   Moore, C ^e   Pasqualetti, P ^a,c   Soetens, M ^a,c   Van Zundert, A ^c   Vertommen, J D ^f  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c Sint Elisabethziekenhuis Turnhout   (Belgium)

^d HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^e QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; EDUCATION; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 16044368682     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-289X(96)80042-2     Document Type: Article

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