Assessing women's sexual life after childbirth: The role of the postnatal check

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-202

  Olsson, Ann ^a   Robertson, Eva ^b   Falk, Katarina ^c   Nissen, Eva ^d,e  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^d Red Cross University College   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Focus group; Midwifery care; Postnatal visit; Sexual life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; STANDARD; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ADULT; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PARTURITION; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX COUNSELING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 79953222666     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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