A provoking choice-Swedish women's experiences of reactions to their plans to give birth at home

Women and Birth

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Sjöblom, Ingela ^a,b   Idvall, Ewa ^a,b   Rådestad, Ingela ^c   Lindgren, Helena ^d  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SOPHIAHEMMET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Home birth; Reactions; Risks; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865335146     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2011.07.147     Document Type: Article

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