Understanding psychological traumatic birth experiences: A literature review

Women and Birth

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 203-207

  Simpson, Madeleine ^a   Catling, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Childbirth; Post traumatic stress disorder; Postnatal care; Postnatal psychological trauma

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INJURY; CHILDBIRTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN DISEASE; OBSTETRIC EMERGENCY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); BIRTH; FEAR; INFANT; MOTHER; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84960944890     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2015.10.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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