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Vesile Koçak1, Kamile Altuntuğ1, Emel Ege1

  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing, Nursing Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.

The Journal of Perinatal Education
|November 1, 2026
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Keywords:
birth artbirth metaphorsemotion awarenessnurse education

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