An “American dilemma” in Scandinavian childbirth: Unmet needs in healthcare?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-77

  Högberg, Ulf ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFUGEE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCANDINAVIA; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STILLBIRTH; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIRTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MIGRATION; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREJUDICE; REFUGEES; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3843104975     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034950310022205     Document Type: Article

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