Women's experience of postnatal depression - beliefs and attitudes as barriers to care

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 44-54

  Bilszta, Justin ^a   Ericksen, Jennifer ^b   Buist, Anne ^c   Milgrom, Jeannette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Patient beliefs and attitudes; Postnatal depression; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949598939     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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