Women and Birth
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , March 2006

Women's experience of revealing perinatal bladder function—Implications for midwifery care

  • Avon Strahle

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Women's Health Nursing, Royal Hospital for Women, Locked Bag 2000, Barker St., Randwick, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • M. Colleen Stainton

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Women's Health Nursing, Royal Hospital for Women, Locked Bag 2000, Barker St., Randwick, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia
    • Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney, Australia

,Accepted 9 January 2006.

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PII: S1871-5192(06)00002-3

doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2006.01.001

Women and Birth
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , March 2006

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