'It's not me, it's them': How lesbian women make sense of negative experiences of maternity care: A hermeneutic study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 982-990

  Lee, Elaine ^a   Taylor, Julie ^a   Raitt, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hermeneutic phenomenology; Lesbians; Maternity care; Midwives; Sexual orientation in pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIVIL RIGHTS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LESBIAN; MIDWIFE; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIVIL RIGHTS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PREGNANCY; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RATIONALIZATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL CHANGE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79954461355     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05548.x     Document Type: Article

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