Women's birth expectations, are they fulfilled? Findings from a longitudinal Swedish cohort study

Women and Birth

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e7-e13

  Hildingsson, Ingegerd ^a,b,c  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth; Expectations; Experiences; Longituinal survey; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SWEDEN; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WOMEN EXPECTATION; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; LIFE EVENT; MOTHER; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARTURITION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 84937512756     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2015.01.011     Document Type: Article

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