Labor Support for Incarcerated Pregnant Women: The Doula Project

The Prison Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-328

  Schroeder, Carole ^a   Bell, Janice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

doula support; high risk pregnancy; incarcerated pregnant women; intervention research

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944586433     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885505279463     Document Type: Article

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