THE COMPANION DURING LABOUR AND BIRTH: NEW MOTHERS' PERCEPTIONS

• Main Authors: Andressa Suelly Saturnino de Oliveira (Author), Dafne Paiva Rodrigues (Author), Maria Vilaní Cavalcante Guedes (Author), Gilvan Ferreira Felipe (Author), Francisca Tereza de Galiza (Author), Lidiane Colares Monteiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A descriptive, qualitative study carried out in a second-level public hospital in Fortaleza-Ceara, with 14 new mothers, with the objective of analyzing their perceptions of the presence/participation of companions during labor and childbirth. Data were collected between August and September 2009, vi...