Maternity care providers' perceptions of women's autonomy and the law

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kruske, Sue ^a   Young, Kate ^a   Jenkinson, Bec ^a   Catchlove, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Childbirth; Decision making; Fetal rights; Health professionals; Legal accountability; Maternal rights; Maternity care

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; FETUS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LEGAL LIABILITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT RIGHT; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FETUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT RIGHTS; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84875690127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-84     Document Type: Article

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