Maternity care professionals' perceptions of supporting employed women in Norway

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 316-322

  Alstveit, Marit ^a   Severinsson, Elisabeth ^b   Karlsen, Bjørg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Employed women; Focus group; Maternity care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; MIDWIFE; NORWAY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDWIFERY; NORWAY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 80052259611     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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