What characterizes women who want to give birth as naturally as possible without painkillers or intervention?

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-26

  Kringeland, Tone ^a,d   Daltveit, Anne Kjersti ^b,c   Møller, Anders ^d  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Maternal request; Natural birth; Pregnancy trends

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NORWAY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RELIGION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NORWAY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 77649142023     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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