Postpartum doulas: Motivations and perceptions of practice

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Campbell Voytal, Kimberly ^a   Fry McComish, Judith ^b   Visger, Joan M ^b   Rowland, Carolynn A ^c   Kelleher, Jacqueline ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Postpartum doula; Postpartum support; Qualitative analysis; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255185810     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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