Negotiating credibility: First-time mothers' experiences of contact with the labour ward before hospitalisation

Midwifery

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Eri, Tine S ^a,b   Blystad, Astrid ^b   Gjengedal, Eva ^b   Blaaka, Gunnhild ^b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Labour experiences; Labour onset; Latent phase of labour; Midwifery care; Primiparity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; NORWAY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; NORWAY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956345152     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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