Support during labour: First-time fathers' descriptions of requested and received support during the birth of their child

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-73

  Bäckström, Caroline ^a   Hertfelt Wahn, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Experience; Father; Midwife; Support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PARENTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 79151476023     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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