Becoming a mother: The meaning of childbirth for African-Canadian women

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-40

  Etowa, Josephine Bassey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black women; Cultural competence; Meaning of childbirth; Nursing care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIRTH; CANADA; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEGRO; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; CANADA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NARRATION; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84865544093     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2012.41.1.28     Document Type: Article

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