Re-conceptualizing the hospital labor room: The PLACE (Pregnant and laboring in an ambient clinical environment) pilot trial

Birth

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-166

  Hodnett, Ellen D ^a   Stremler, Robyn ^b   Weston, Julie A ^a   McKeever, Patricia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c University of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth environment; Labor room design; Pilot trial

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY ROOM; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; LABOR SUPPORT; NURSE ATTITUDE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; DELIVERY ROOMS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NURSES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 66949177665     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2009.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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