'What is could indeed be better'-Swedish women's perceptions of early postnatal care

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 737-744

  Hildingsson, Ingegerd M ^a   Sandin Bojö, Ann Kristin ^b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Postnatal care; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MOTHER; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MOTHERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052673155     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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