Labor pains: Unraveling the complexity of OB decision making

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 342-353

  Hamilton, Emily ^a,b   Wright, Elizabeth ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LMS Medical Systems   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision support; Human factors; Labor progress; Obstetrical errors; Shoulder dystocia

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INJURY; BOREDOM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILDBIRTH; FATIGUE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR PAIN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; TRISOMY 21; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33750632508     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200610000-00007     Document Type: Review

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