Antenatal taboos among Chinese women in Hong Kong

Midwifery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-113

  Lee, Dominic T S ^a   Ngai, Iris S L ^a,b   Ng, Mandy M T ^a,b   Lok, Ingrid H ^a   Yip, Alexander S K ^a   Chung, Tony K H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Cultural practice; Perinatal depression; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TABOO;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TABOO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61749099482     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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