Marginalized women's comparisons of their hospital and freestanding birth center experiences: A contrast of inner-city birthing systems

Health Care for Woman International

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-126

  Esposito, Noreen Werner ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DELIVERY ROOM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNITY WARD; MIGRATION; MOTHER; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTHING CENTERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DELIVERY ROOMS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MOTHERS; NEW YORK CITY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033094666     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993399245827     Document Type: Article

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