A Qualitative Analysis of Women's Short Accounts of Labour and Birth in a Western Australian Public Tertiary Hospital

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-61

  Bayes, Sara ^a   Fenwick, Jennifer ^a   Hauck, Yvonne ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

childbirth; expectations; experience; fear; satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 37349067107     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2007.07.021     Document Type: Article

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