Couple communication in family planning decision-making in Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 586-593

  Rakhshani, F ^a   Niknami, S ^b   Ansari Moghaddam, A R ^a  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOSLEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLERGY; COMMUNICATION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEX EDUCATION; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646174806     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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