Women's experiences of giving birth and making decisions whether to give birth at home when professional care at home is not an option in public health care

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 61-66

  Lundgren, Ingela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childbirth experience; Homebirth; Qualitative study; Unassisted birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 77951264072     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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