Midwives' experience of encountering women with posttraumatic stress symptoms after childbirth

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 55-60

  Nyberg, Kerstin ^a,b   Lindberg, Inger ^a   Öhrling, Kerstin ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Sunderby County Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Experience; Interview; Midwife; Posttraumatic stress symptoms; Thematic content analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDWIFE; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77951264599     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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