Women's Experience of Discrimination in Australian Perinatal Care: The Double Disadvantage of Social Adversity and Unequal Care

Birth

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-220

  Yelland, Jane Susanne ^a   Sutherland, Georgina Ann ^a   Brown, Stephanie Janne ^a  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disadvantage; Discrimination; Perinatal care; Social health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIVIL RIGHTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERCEPTION; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CIVIL RIGHTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERINATAL CARE; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84865576082     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2012.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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