Women's and care providers' perspectives of quality prenatal care: A qualitative descriptive study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sword, Wendy ^a   Heaman, Maureen I ^b   Brooks, Sandy ^a   Tough, Suzanne ^c   Janssen, Patricia A ^d   Young, David ^e   Kingston, Dawn ^f   Helewa, Michael E ^g   Akhtar Danesh, Noori ^a   Hutton, Eileen ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF PRENATAL CARE QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URBAN AREA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; TRUST;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRUST;

EID: 84859636304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-29     Document Type: Article

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