Flexible therapeutic landscapes of labour and the place of pain relief

Health and Place

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 865-876

  Burges Watson, D ^a   Murtagh, M J ^a   Lally, J E ^a   Thomson, R G ^a   McPhail, S ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture of place; Maternity care; Pain relief; Therapeutic landscapes

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; MATERNAL CARE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ANALGESIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34347207926     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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