title: Labor support during second stage labor for women with epidurals: birth in this era is technology driven. Many women giving birth in hospital settings have epidurals for pain management. Yet laboring women need more than technology--they have basic needs that can't be addressed by technology alone.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL, USA. ann.bianchi@uah.edu
authors.forename: Ann L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: Ellise D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D015360:Analgesia, Epidural / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D048949:Labor Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D007748:Labor Stage, Second / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology*; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy