Professionals' views of fetal monitoring during labour: A systematic review and thematic analysis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Smith, Valerie ^a   Begley, Cecily M ^a   Clarke, Mike ^b   Devane, Declan ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fetal monitoring; Labour; Pregnancy; Views

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CINAHL; CUSTODY; EDUCATION; EMBASE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABOR; MEDLINE; MIDWIFE; REASSURANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871569265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-166     Document Type: Article

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