'It's more than just having a baby' women's experiences of a maternity service for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families

Midwifery

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages e509-e515

  Homer, Caroline S E ^a   Foureur, Maralyn J ^a   Allende, Trudy ^b   Pekin, Fran ^b   Caplice, Shea ^b   Catling Paull, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Cultural diversity; Delivery of health care; Midwifery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864147009     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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