First-time mothers' perceptions of prenatal care services

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 64-71

  Bucher, Linda ^a   Williams, Sara ^b   Hayes, Evelyn ^a   Morin, Karen ^c   Sylvia, Barbara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Underwood Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^c WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PARITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRENATAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; DELAWARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; PARITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRENATAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031134663     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0897-1897(97)80121-8     Document Type: Article

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