What are the facilitators, inhibitors, and implications of birth positioning? A review of the literature

Women and Birth

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 100-106

  Priddis, Holly ^a   Dahlen, Hannah ^a   Schmied, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth environment; Birth position; First and Second stage of labour; Perineum; Physiological birth position; Upright positions

Indexed keywords

BIRTH POSITIONING; BLEEDING; BODY POSITION; CHILDBIRTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETUS OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABOR; LITHOTOMY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PERINATAL CARE; PERINEUM INJURY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUPINE POSITION; WELLBEING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARTURITION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 84865334928     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2011.05.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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