The experiences of postpartum hospital stay and returning home among Thai mothers in Australia

Midwifery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-57

  Rice, Pranee L ^a   Naksook, Charin ^a   Watson, Lyndsey E ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MIGRATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THAILAND; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; VICTORIA;

EID: 0033085432     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-6138(99)90037-2     Document Type: Article

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