The effect of cultural and linguistic diversity on pregnancy outcome

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 419-422

  Thomas, Penelope E ^a   Beckmann, Michael ^a   Gibbons, Kristen ^a  

^a MATER MOTHERS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Perinatal mortality; Pregnancy outcome; Refugee

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN CARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650209278     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01210.x     Document Type: Article

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