Facilitators and barriers in the humanization of childbirth practice in Japan

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Behruzi, Roxana ^a   Hatem, Marie ^b   Fraser, William ^a   Goulet, Lise ^a   Ii, Masako ^c   Misago, Chizuru ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Department of Social and Preventive Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^c HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TSUDA COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CULTURAL VALUE; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JAPAN; LABOR PAIN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALPRACTICE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDWIFE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WORKLOAD; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH; DELIVERY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMANISM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNITY WARD; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIRTHING CENTERS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANISM; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIVES; PARTURITION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77952728932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-25     Document Type: Article

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