The effect of guided imagery on the third stage of labor: A pilot study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 863-870

  Schorn, Mavis N ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; LABOR STAGE 3; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); LABOR STAGE, THIRD; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350087583     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0567     Document Type: Article

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