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Perceptions of labour: discrepancies between midwives' and patients' ratings
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb06467.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 90, Issue 12, pages 1176–1179, December 1983
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BRADLEY, C., BREWIN, C. R. and DUNCAN, S. L. B. (1983), Perceptions of labour: discrepancies between midwives' and patients' ratings. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 90: 1176–1179. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb06467.x
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- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received 8 March 1983 Accepted 1 August 1983
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Summary. Women's ratings of their experience of childbirth were compared with midwives' ratings of the women's experience. The midwives' ratings were significantly different from those of their patients. Mid-wives presented a more positive picture of the woman's experience than did the woman herself. Furthermore, the women reported using psycho-prophylactic techniques for controlling discomfort for significantly more of the time than the midwives reported that the women used such techniques. The results are discussed in the context of similar findings reported in the literature.