Documenting risk: A comparison of policy and information pamphlets for using epidural or water in labour

Women and Birth

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 221-227

  Newnham, Elizabeth C ^a   McKellar, Lois V ^a   Pincombe, Jan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Choice; Epidural; Risk; Waterbirth

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BELIEF; ANALGESIA; AUSTRALIA; EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDWIFE; NURSING; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; MIDWIFERY; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; WATER;

EID: 84940954099     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2015.01.012     Document Type: Article

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