Expectations, Perceptions, and Management of Labor in Nulliparas Prior to Hospitalization

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 347-353

  Beebe, Kathleen R ^a   Humphreys, Janice ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

adaptation; decision making; labor onset; life experiences; nulliparity; pregnancy; pregnant women; qualitative research; sensation; symptom management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODING AND CLASSIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNOGRAPHY; EXPECTATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABOR; LABOR ONSET; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDWIFE; NULLIPARA; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERINATAL NURSING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LABOR ONSET; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33747868688     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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