Satisfaction with pregnancy loss aftercare: Are women getting what they want?

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-124

  Geller, Pamela A ^a   Psaros, Christina ^a   Kornfield, Sara Levine ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Follow up care; Healthcare providers; Miscarriage; Pregnancy loss; Satisfaction; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AFTERCARE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77952237430     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-010-0147-5     Document Type: Review

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