Prenatal care: The patient's perspective. A qualitative study

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 931-937

  Leithner, Katharina ^a,b   Assem Hilger, Eva ^a   Fischer Kern, Melitta ^a   Löffler Stastka, Henriette ^a   Thien, Ralf ^a   Ponocny Seliger, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Health professionals; Obstetrics; Prenatal diagnosis; Psychological support; Qualitative content analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 33750563859     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1529     Document Type: Article

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