The experience of heavy menstrual bleeding: A systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative studies

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 550-562

  Garside, Ruth ^a   Britten, Nicky ^a   Stein, Ken ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meta ethnography; Nursing; Qualitative methods; Reproductive health; Systematic reviews; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 51149097344     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04750.x     Document Type: Article

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