Perceptions of giving birth and adherence to cultural practices in Chinese women

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 387-394

  Callister, Lynn Clark ^a   Eads, Megan Nicole ^b   Yeung Diehl, Jenny Pui See ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Chinese women; Culture; Immigrant women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOLKLORE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80155201038     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0b013e31822de397     Document Type: Article

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