A hero's tale of childbirth

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 765-771

  Thomson, Gill ^a   Downe, Soo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campbell; Childbirth; Monomyth; Positive birth; Traumatic birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; NOCICEPTION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENGLAND; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; FOLKLORE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MOTHERS; NARRATION; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PAIN PERCEPTION; PARTURITION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84878115870     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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