Birthgiving women's feelings and perceptions of quality of intrapartal care: A nationwide Swedish cross-sectional study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1168-1177

  Wilde Larsson, Bodil ^a,b   Sandin Bojö, Ann Kristin ^a   Starrin, Bengt ^a,b   Larsson, Gerry ^c,d  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Midwives; Nurses; Nursing; Quality of care; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SWEDEN;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 79952515754     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03393.x     Document Type: Article

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