Shifting landscapes: Immigrant women and postpartum depression

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 593-617

  Morrow, Marina ^a,e   Smith, Jules E ^b   Lai, Yuan ^c   Jaswal, Suman ^d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Adult Mental Health Services   (Canada)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOTHER; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NARRATION; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 45849136412     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330802089156     Document Type: Article

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