How social context impacts on women's fears of childbirth: A Western Australian example

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How social context impacts on women's fears of childbirth: A Western Australian example

This paper addresses the limited sociological understanding of the phenomena of childbirth fear using data from a qualitative research project conducted in Western Australia. This qualitative study used an exploratory descriptive design, with 22 women identified as being fearful of birth participati...

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Main Authors:	Fisher, C., Hauck, Yvonne, Fenwick, Jennifer
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	ELSEVIER 2006
Subjects:	Childbirth Australia Women's fear Medicalisation
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14500

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