Swedish midwives' perceptions of fear of childbirth

Midwifery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-337

  Salomonsson, Birgitta ^a   Wijma, Klaas ^a   Alehagen, Siw ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Care; Fear of childbirth; Focus group interview; Midwives

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 77955553619     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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