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Hindi Journal of Womens Health, Issues and CareISSN: 2325-9795
Alan Barnard Author
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Qualitative Social Research, Marketing, Transport Economics
School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, 2, George St, Brisbane City QLD 4000, Australia
Biography
Alan Barnard works in the School of Nursing at the Queensland University of Technology and is interested in the fields of Women and Politics Research, Qualitative and Multi-method Research
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To Contain the Suffering of Keeping the Baby Gestation: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Women with Hospitalized Tocolysis
Author(s): Shu-He Huang, Alan Barnard, Kai-Wei Katherine Wang, Shuh-Jen Sheu and Hsien-Hsien Chiang
Background: Modern medical care for women with highrisk pregnancy to prevent preterm birth is termed hospitalized tocolysis. The medical care and clinical treatments include tocolytic administration, uterine contractions monitoring and restricted bed rest to prolong gestation and prevent premature birth.
Methods: The aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences of Taiwanese women who underwent hospitalized tocolysis, the suffering they endured and their coping strategies within the context of modern medical technology. This research adopted an interpretive phenomenology research design and used in-depth interviews to gain narrative information from ten women who had undergone hospitalized tocolysis in a teaching hospital in the Taipei ar... view more»
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