Water Birth in the Hospital Setting

Nursing for Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 365-369

  Weaver, Melanie H ^a  

^a Baton Rouge Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative birthing methods; Birth; Hydrotherapy; Labor; Water birth

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BIRTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; WATER;

EID: 84911176390     PISSN: 17514851     EISSN: 1751486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-486X.12144     Document Type: Article

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