Unexpected consequences: Women's experiences of a self-hypnosis intervention to help with pain relief during labour

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Finlayson, Kenneth ^a   Downe, Soo ^a   Hinder, Susan ^b   Carr, Helen ^c   Spiby, Helen ^d   Whorwell, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b RaFT Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Labour; Pain relief; Self hypnosis; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CONFIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISAPPOINTMENT; EMOTIONALITY; EMPOWERMENT; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LABOR PAIN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TIME; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; BEHAVIOR; LABOR; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942156181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0659-0     Document Type: Article

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