The meanings and experiences of cesarean birth among Cambodian, Lao and Vietnamese immigrant women in Australia

Women and Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 63-82

  Liamputtong, Pranee ^a   Watson, Lyndsey F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cesarean section; Ethnicity; Immigrant; Southeast Asian women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTHER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CAMBODIA; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LAOS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; VICTORIA; VIETNAM;

EID: 33748886301     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v43n03_04     Document Type: Article

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