Bad experience, good birthing: Dutch low-risk pregnant women with a history of sexual abuse

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-66

  Van Der Hulst, Leonie A M ^a   Bonsel, Gouke J ^a   Eskes, Martine ^b   Birnie, Erwin ^a   Van Teijlingen, Edwin ^c   Bleker, Otto P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Health Care Insurance Board ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Long term effects; Midwifery; Psycho social outcomes; Sexual abuse; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CHILDBIRTH; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EPISIOTOMY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LOW RISK PREGNANCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NETHERLANDS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARTURITION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646812894     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01674820500305788     Document Type: Article

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