A qualitative study exploring women's personal experiences of their perineum after childbirth: Expectations, reality and returning to normality

Midwifery

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Way, Susan ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Normality; Perineum; Women's experiences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMOTIONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARTURITION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867399361     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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