Health care providers' perspectives on the provision of prenatal care to immigrants

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 561-574

  Ng, Carita ^a   Newbold, K Bruce ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Immigrant; Prenatal health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MIGRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; ONTARIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79953278977     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.555927     Document Type: Article

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