Care during pregnancy and childbirth in Sweden: Perspectives of lesbian women

Midwifery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 682-690

  Larsson, Anna Karin ^a   Dykes, Anna Karin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Confinement; Homosexual; Lesbian; Parent education; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIAN; LITERATURE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PARTURITION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREJUDICE; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449103592     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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