Experiences from pregnancy and childbirth related to female genital mutilation among Eritrean immigrant women in Sweden

Midwifery

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 214-225

  Lundberg, Pranee C ^a   Gerezgiher, Alganesh ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Eritrean immigrant women; Experiences; Female genital mutilation; Postpartum period; Pregnancy; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ERITREA; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDWIFE; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STANDARD; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ERITREA; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 43049169920     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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