Women's experiences of fetal movements before the confirmation of fetal death-contractions misinterpreted as fetal movement

Birth

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 189-194

  Linde, Anders ^a,b   Pettersson, Karin ^a   Rådestad, Ingela ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SOPHIAHEMMET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Fetal movement; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STILLBIRTH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL EDUCATION; STILLBIRTH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84929502931     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/birt.12151     Document Type: Article

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