It's beyond water: Stories of women's experience of using water for labour and birth

Women and Birth

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-24

  Maude, Robyn M ^a   Foureur, Maralyn J ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experiences; Narrative; Water labour birth

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WATER BIRTH;

ADULT; BATHS; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; IMMERSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; NARRATION; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33847385023     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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