Giving birth in the hospital: Childbirth experiences of Thai women in northern Thailand

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 454-480

  Liamputtong, Pranee ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBIRTH; EMOTION; EPISIOTOMY; HEALING; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; THAILAND;

ADULT; ANECDOTES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 2442568497     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330490267468     Document Type: Review

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