Expert opinion vs. patient perception of obstetrical outcomes in laboring women with birth plans

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 31-35

  Grant, Rebekah ^a   Sueda, Alexandra ^a   Kaneshiro, Bliss ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth plan; Childbirth; Patient outcome assessment; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LABOR COMPLICATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952752049     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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