Birth plans: After 25 years, women still want to be heard: Commentary

Birth

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-51

  Simkin, Penny ^a,b  

^a Seattle Midwifery School   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDBIRTH PLANNING; FEAR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOTE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PLANNING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SATISFACTION;

FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEXICO; MOTHERS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 33847038767     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2006.00126.x     Document Type: Note

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