Women's care-seeking experiences after referral for postpartum depression

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1161-1173

  Sword, Wendy ^a   Busser, Dianne ^b   Ganann, Rebecca ^a   McMillan, Theresa ^a   Swinton, Marilyn ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b City of Hamilton Public Health Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; Descriptive methods; Perinatal health; Postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 49449092657     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308321736     Document Type: Article

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