Women's Satisfaction with Prenatal Care Settings: A Focus Group Study

Birth

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-37

  Handler, Arden ^a   Raube, Kristiana ^b   Kelley, Michele A ^a   Giachello, Aida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b The University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTHER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 0030096366     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.1996.tb00458.x     Document Type: Article

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