'Stay home for as long as possible': Midwives' priorities and strategies in communicating with first-time mothers in early labour

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Communication strategies; Early labour; Midwifery; Primipara

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABOR STAGE 1; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; NORWAY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; NORWAY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255142038     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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