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The control of pain in labour
Author(s) -
MANDER ROSEMARY
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.1992.tb00102.x
Subject(s) - control (management) , childbirth , labor pain , pain control , selection (genetic algorithm) , medicine , self control , psychology , pregnancy , developmental psychology , economics , computer science , surgery , genetics , management , artificial intelligence , biology
Summary• This paper examines a selection of the recent literature on the control of pain in labour in terms of the source of that control and its effectiveness. • Emphasis is given to the effect of analgesia on the mother's ability to control her childbirth experience. • Reliable research detailing the effects of more commonly used, less invasive methods of pain control is lacking. • The effects of analgesia are considered in terms of controlling pain, effects on the fetus/baby, effects on the progress of labour and the woman's ability to maintain self control. • There are difficulties inherent in providing the mother with suitably wide‐ranging information. • To have the most benefit, research‐based information would need to be available to the mother when she is both seeking it and able to utilize it.