Women's views of high risk pregnancy under threat of preterm birth

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 79-84

  O'Brien, Ediri Tsekiri ^a   Quenby, Siobhan ^b   Lavender, Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Preterm birth; Preterm labour; Qualitative; Women's views

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENGLAND; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREMATURE BIRTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954819231     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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