"We wanted a birth experience, not a medical experience": Exploring Canadian women's use of midwifery

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 29, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 784-806

  Parry, Diana C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFE; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NEWBORN; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFERY; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PATIENT RIGHTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 50249131995     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330802269451     Document Type: Article

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