Falling through the net - Black and minority ethnic women and perinatal mental healthcare: health professionals' views

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-25

  Edge, Dawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Healthcare; Minority women; Perinatal depression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEGRO; PERINATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SCREENING; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; STATE MEDICINE; WEST INDIES;

EID: 73549083427     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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