Directive Versus Supportive Approaches Used by Midwives When Providing Care During the Second Stage of Labor

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-11

  Osborne, Kathryn ^a   Hanson, Lisa ^b  

^a School of Midwifery and Family Nursing   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse; Nurse midwives; Second stage labor; Vaginal birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 2; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDWIFE; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE MIDWIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; DECISION MAKING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855977278     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: 15422011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-2011.2011.00074.x     Document Type: Article

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