Women's experiences of preterm labor: A feminist critique

Health Care for Woman International

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-48

  Williams, Susan Chamberlain ^a   Mackey, Marlene C ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MOTHER; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL STAFF; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0032600222     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993399245944     Document Type: Article

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