Developing a best practice model of refugee maternity care

Women and Birth

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-22

  Correa Velez, Ignacio ^a   Ryan, Jennifer ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuity of patient care; Models of care; Perinatal care; Psychosocial support; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSULTATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REFUGEE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; REFUGEES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856568295     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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