title: A measure of independence. Teaching home blood pressure monitoring.
abstract: Encouraging hypertensive pregnant women to take their own blood pressure produces reliable and consistent results. It has proved popular among women, enabling them to assess the fluctuations of their blood pressure at first hand and to maintain a sense of control.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*