Women's Experience of Prenatal Care: An Integrative Review

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 226-237

  Novick, Gina ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

health care disparities; patient centered care; personal satisfaction; pregnancy; prenatal care; professional patient relations; qualitative research; questionnaires; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 65349167308     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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