Swedish women's experiences of doula support during childbirth

Midwifery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 330-338

  Berg, Marie ^a,b   Terstad, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childbirth support; Doula; Midwifery; Phenomenological method; Women's experiences

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; NARRATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 33750511322     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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