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Predicting women's intentions to use pain relief medication during childbirth using the Theory of Planned Behaviour and Self‐Efficacy Theory

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Pages 168-179 | Received 10 Feb 2007, Accepted 19 Sep 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2008

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