Women Veterans' Reproductive Health Preferences and Experiences: A Focus Group Analysis

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-129

  Mattocks, Kristin M ^a,b   Nikolajski, Cara ^c,d   Haskell, Sally ^a,b   Brandt, Cynthia ^a   McCall Hosenfeld, Jennifer ^e   Yano, Elizabeth ^c,f   Pham, Tan ^a,b   Borrero, Sonya ^c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GOVERNMENT; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXISM; VETERAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 79951974379     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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