A qualitative study of women's experiences of home birth in Sweden

Midwifery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 348-355

  Sjöblom, Ingela ^a   Nordström, Berit ^a   Edberg, Anna Karin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Home birth; Phenomenological hermeneutical analysis; Women's experience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; NARRATION; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 33750509417     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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