A Randomized Trial of One-to-One Nurse Support of Women in Labor

Birth

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-77

  Gagnon, Anita J ^a,b   Waghorn, Kathy ^a   Covell, Christine ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMARY NURSING CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 85047670187     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.1997.tb00344.x     Document Type: Article

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