Physiological plateaus during normal labor and birth: A novel definition
Marina Weckend,
Kylie McCullough,
Christine Duffield
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundDiagnoses of labor dystocia, and subsequent labor augmentation, make one of the biggest contributions to childbirth medicalization, which remains a key challenge in contemporary maternity care. However, labor dystocia is poorly defined, and the antithetical concept of physiological plateaus remains insufficiently explored.AimTo generate a definition of physiological plateaus as a basis for further research.MethodsThis qualitative study applied grounded theory methods and comprised interviews with 20 … Show more
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