Encountering abuse in health care; lifetime experiences in postnatal women - a qualitative study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Schroll, Anne Mette ^a   Kjærgaard, Hanne ^a   Midtgaard, Julie ^a,b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abuse in health care; Childbirth; Dehumanization; Empathy; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABUSE IN HEALTH CARE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEHUMANIZATION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGLECT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUALITY; BIRTH; EMPATHY; ETHICS; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARDS; TRUST;

ADULT; DEHUMANIZATION; DENMARK; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PARTURITION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT RIGHTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF CONCEPT; TRUST;

EID: 84875196749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-74     Document Type: Article

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