title: Breast stimulation to augment labor: history, mystery, and culture.
abstract: This paper describes the development of a researchable project, arising from the clinical observation of a physiologic phenomenon during labor. Augmentation of labor by breast stimulation has been used in a variety of cultures for centuries. The process of developing a clinical study of augmentation in the modern obstetric environment is discussed, with reference to cultural attitudes of patients and health care workers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27514, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Curtis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D001940:Breast / Q000502:physiology*; D020070:Cervical Ripening / Q000208:ethnology / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007751:Labor, Induced / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D010812:Physical Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012107:Research Design