The anniversary of birth trauma: Failure to rescue

Nursing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 381-390

  Beck, Cheryl Tatano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth trauma; Failure to rescue; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33751585508     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200611000-00002     Document Type: Article

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