Characteristics, Interventions, and Outcomes of Women Who Used a Birthing Pool: A Prospective Observational Study

Birth

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 192-202

  Burns, Ethel E ^a   Boulton, Mary G ^a   Cluett, Elizabeth ^b   Cornelius, Victoria R ^c   Smith, Lesley A ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthing pool; Care settings; Maternal; Neonatal outcomes; Water birth

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNITY WARD; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARITY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BIRTHING CENTERS; DELIVERY ROOMS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MIDWIFERY; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARITY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERINATAL CARE; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84865600777     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2012.00548.x     Document Type: Article

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