Changing the future to change the past: Women's experiences of a positive birth following a traumatic birth experience

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-112

  Thomson, Gill Margaret ^a   Downe, Soo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Emotional; Mother s; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILDBIRTH; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PHILOSOPHY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; THEORY;

EID: 77949361392     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: 1469672X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646830903295000     Document Type: Article

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