Between life and death: Women's experiences of coming close to death, and surviving a severe postpartum haemorrhage and emergency hysterectomy

Midwifery

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 228-235

  Elmir, Rakime ^a   Schmied, Virginia ^a   Jackson, Debra ^a   Wilkes, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hysterectomy; Near miss; Postpartum haemorrhage; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEATH; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PLACENTA ACCRETA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DEATH; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PLACENTA ACCRETA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858157826     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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