SUPPORTING Patients' Birth Plans: Theories, Strategies & Implications for Nurses

Nursing for Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 210-218

  Anderson, Cynthia Jane ^a   Kilpatrick, Caitlin ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth plan; Labor and delivery; Self determination theory; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862560422     PISSN: 17514851     EISSN: 1751486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-486X.2012.01732.x     Document Type: Article

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