The phenomenon of intrapartum transfer from a Western Australian birth centre to a tertiary maternity hospital: The experiences of women, partners and midwives

A descriptive phenomenological study was carried out in 2013-2014, to describe the experiences of women, partners and midwives when transfer in labour took place from a birth centre to an obstetric unit. Analysis of 48 interviews, using Giorgi’s method of thematic analysis, revealed unique and share...

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Main Author: Kuliukas, Lesley Jane
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54166
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description A descriptive phenomenological study was carried out in 2013-2014, to describe the experiences of women, partners and midwives when transfer in labour took place from a birth centre to an obstetric unit. Analysis of 48 interviews, using Giorgi’s method of thematic analysis, revealed unique and shared experiences, both positive and negative, which can now inform midwives, empowering them to better support parents whose plans for labour do not eventuate as they originally anticipated
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-541662017-08-07T06:09:07Z The phenomenon of intrapartum transfer from a Western Australian birth centre to a tertiary maternity hospital: The experiences of women, partners and midwives Kuliukas, Lesley Jane A descriptive phenomenological study was carried out in 2013-2014, to describe the experiences of women, partners and midwives when transfer in labour took place from a birth centre to an obstetric unit. Analysis of 48 interviews, using Giorgi’s method of thematic analysis, revealed unique and shared experiences, both positive and negative, which can now inform midwives, empowering them to better support parents whose plans for labour do not eventuate as they originally anticipated 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54166 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Kuliukas, Lesley Jane
The phenomenon of intrapartum transfer from a Western Australian birth centre to a tertiary maternity hospital: The experiences of women, partners and midwives
title The phenomenon of intrapartum transfer from a Western Australian birth centre to a tertiary maternity hospital: The experiences of women, partners and midwives
title_full The phenomenon of intrapartum transfer from a Western Australian birth centre to a tertiary maternity hospital: The experiences of women, partners and midwives
title_fullStr The phenomenon of intrapartum transfer from a Western Australian birth centre to a tertiary maternity hospital: The experiences of women, partners and midwives
title_full_unstemmed The phenomenon of intrapartum transfer from a Western Australian birth centre to a tertiary maternity hospital: The experiences of women, partners and midwives
title_short The phenomenon of intrapartum transfer from a Western Australian birth centre to a tertiary maternity hospital: The experiences of women, partners and midwives
title_sort phenomenon of intrapartum transfer from a western australian birth centre to a tertiary maternity hospital: the experiences of women, partners and midwives
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54166