Advanced maternal age and risk perception: A qualitative study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bayrampour, Hamideh ^a   Heaman, Maureen ^b   Duncan, Karen A ^b   Tough, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced maternal age; Qualitative study; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED MATERNAL AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATERNAL AGE; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK PERCEPTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MATERNAL AGE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84866274423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-100     Document Type: Article

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