Joyce M. Roberts, CNM, RNC, PhD, FACNM, is Professor and Director of the Nurse-Midwifery Program at the University of Michigan. A portion of the videotapes used for this project were acquired from a research project funded at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
Why Do Supportive Birth Attendants Become Directive of Maternal Bearing-Down Efforts in Second-Stage Labor?
Article first published online: 24 DEC 2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2006.11.005
2007 American College of Nurse Midwives
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Roberts, J. M., González, C. B. P. and Sampselle, C. (2007), Why Do Supportive Birth Attendants Become Directive of Maternal Bearing-Down Efforts in Second-Stage Labor?. Journal of Midwifery & Womens Health, 52: 134–141. doi: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2006.11.005
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Joyce M. Roberts, CNM, RNC, PhD, FACNM, is Professor and Director of the Nurse-Midwifery Program at the University of Michigan. A portion of the videotapes used for this project were acquired from a research project funded at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
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Celina B. Pittman González, CNM, MS, is a 2006 graduate of the Nurse-Midwifery Program at the University of Michigan. She participated in this study as part of her graduate studies.
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Carolyn Sampselle, RN, PhD, FAAN, is The Carolyne K. Davis Professor and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Nursing at the University of Michigan.
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