Women's reasons for, and experiences of, choosing a homebirth following a caesarean section

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Keedle, Hazel ^a   Schmied, Virginia ^a   Burns, Elaine ^a   Dahlen, Hannah G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOMEBIRTH FOLLOWING A CAESAREAN SECTION; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSICAL TRAUMA; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; AUSTRALIA; HOME DELIVERY; INTERVIEW; MIDWIFE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 84940775835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0639-4     Document Type: Article

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