Top-selling childbirth advice books: A discourse analysis

Birth

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 318-324

  Kennedy, Holly Powell ^a   Nardini, Katrina ^b   McLeod Waldo, Rebecca ^c   Ennis, Linda ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Women's Health Specialists Ltd   (United States)

^c Petaluma Health Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Discourse analysis; Education; Media; Normal birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILDBIRTH; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LABOR; LIFE; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER; PAIN; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REASSURANCE; SELF HELP; UNITED STATES;

BODY IMAGE; BOOKS; COMMERCE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MANUALS AS TOPIC; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARTURITION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450270743     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2009.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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