Birth plans: Tickets to the OR?

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 268-273

  White Corey, Shelley ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth plan; Childbirth preparation; Childbirth satisfaction; Perinatal outcomes

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR COMPLICATION; NEWBORN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMEN;

EID: 84883310581     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: 15390683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0b013e31829a399d     Document Type: Article

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