Giving birth: The voices of Armenian women

International Nursing Review

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-141

  Amoros, Z U ^a   Callister, L C ^b   Sarkisyan, K ^c  

^a University Health Care   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Erebuni Medical Center   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Armenia; Culture and childbirth; Meaning of birth; Qualitative inquiry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ARMENIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PARTURITION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 76449122507     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2009.00775.x     Document Type: Article

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