Managing labour pain safely

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 43-48

  Peart, Kerry ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back pain; Labour pain; Midwifery; Sterile water

Indexed keywords

EID: 63249130334     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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