Cultures of risk and their influence on birth in rural British Columbia

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kornelsen, Jude ^a   Grzybowski, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to care; Canada; Maternity care; Risk perception; Rural and remote

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PARTURITION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84869026409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-108     Document Type: Article

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