Women's experiences of using a Snoezelen room during labour in Western Australia

Midwifery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 460-470

  Hauck, Yvonne ^a,b   Rivers, Catherine ^b   Doherty, Kathleen ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Osborne Park Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Labour; Snoezelen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MOTHER; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; DELIVERY ROOMS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MOTHERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; RELAXATION THERAPY; SENSORY ART THERAPIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 55149110133     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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