Reframing birth: A consequence of cesarean section

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-130

  Fenwick, Jennifer ^a   Gamble, Jenny ^b   Hauck, Yvonne ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Childbirth expectations; Empirical research report; Midwifery; Telephone interviews; Vaginal birth after cesarean section

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CESAREAN SECTION; CESAREAN SECTION, REPEAT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33749425504     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03991_1.x     Document Type: Article

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