Understanding pregnant women's experiences of symphysis pubis dysfunction: the effect of pain

Evidence Based Midwifery

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 40-46

  Wellock, Vanda K ^a   Crichton, Margaret A ^b  

^a Kath Locke Community Health and Resource Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Coping strategies; Helplessness; Isolation; Pain; Pelvic pain; Symphysis pubis dysfunction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548222799     PISSN: 14794489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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