Women's experience with social presence during childbirth

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 184-191

  Price, Sheri ^a,b   Noseworthy, Jennifer ^c   Thornton, Juliet ^d  

^a Women's Health Program   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family centered care; Labor support; Social presence; Visiting policies; Women's experiences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LABOR; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MOTHERS; NOVA SCOTIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34248183629     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NMC.0000269569.94561.7c     Document Type: Article

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