Issues for South Asian Indian patients surrounding sexuality, fertility, and childbirth in the US health care system

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-155

  Fisher, Judith A ^a,c   Bowman, Marjorie ^a   Thomas, Tessie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b St Lukes Roosevelt   (United States)

^c Mutch Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY PLANNING; INDIA; LABOR; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141449281     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.16.2.151     Document Type: Article

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