The Experiences of African Women Giving Birth in Brisbane, Australia

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 458-472

  Murray, Linda ^a   Windsor, Carol ^a   Parker, Elizabeth ^a   Tewfik, Odette ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Family Planning Queensland   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE;

AFRICA; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PARTURITION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; REFUGEES;

EID: 77951065203     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330903548928     Document Type: Article

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