“They Get a C-Section. They Gonna Die”: Somali Women's Fears of Obstetrical Interventions in the United States

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 220-227

  Brown, Elizabeth ^a   Carroll, Jennifer ^a   Fogarty, Colleen ^a   Holt, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cesarean section; grounded theory; maternal child; prenatal care; refugee health; Somali; transcultural health; women's health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SOMALIA; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CULTURE; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; REFUGEES; SOMALIA; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953297869     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659609358780     Document Type: Article

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