Somali refugee women's experiences of maternity care in west London: A case study

Critical Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 365-380

  Bulma, Kate Harper ^a   McCourt, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPLOYEE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LABOR; LANGUAGE; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SOMALIA; STAFF; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 0036899223     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958159021000029568     Document Type: Review

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