Critical views on postpartum care expressed by new mothers

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rudman, Ann ^a   Waldenström, Ulla ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; CHILD CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MOTHERS; NARRATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 38749085281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-178     Document Type: Article

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