Birth Environment

Essential Midwifery Practice: Intrapartum Care

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 45-61

  Walsh, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour, values and beliefs of women and midwives in a FSBC; Birth environment; Birth environment powerfully shaping birth experience of women and carers; Context and culture of differing settings and impact on birthing process; Continuous support in labour better patient experience and better care; Labour and interpersonal relationships; Midwife role as lead carer and midwifery led services superior to obstetric led models; Midwives arguement, on continuous support in labour as genuinely being 'with the woman'; Nesting activity safer place for offsprings, once born; Place of birth choices birth environment, human nesting and mother and baby safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856021273     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444317701.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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