BACKGROUND AND AIMS The process of giving birth is very stressing for the mother. Meanwhile, maternity ward staff's lack of awareness of mothers' fears make mothers feel lonely and helpless. This study aimed to explore women's perceptions of labor support during vaginal delivery. MATERIALS AND METHODS This exploratory qualitative study used qualitative content analysis to explore Iranian moth...

This year, 2014, marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of Sir W. Arthur Lewis’s groundbreaking paper entitled “Economic Development with Unlimited Supplies of Labour”. Compared with most papers written to celebrate Lewis’s 1954 paper, which put their emphases on assessments of Lewis’s achievements, this one proposes new research to advance Lewis’s studies of the transfer of labor from a...

Background & aim: Giving birth is a painful process, which exposes women to a lot of stress. It is the responsibility of the healthcare practitioners to make this process less burdensome. In this regard, the present study aimed to investigate the attitudes of postpartum mothers towards labor pain relief. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 153 females with spontaneo...