Seeking safe passage: Argentine women's perceptions of routine prenatal care

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 620-635

  Coverston, Catherine R ^a,b   Franklin, Christina Y ^a   Davis, Julie Patterson ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANECDOTES; ARGENTINA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 3342996742     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330490458132     Document Type: Review

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