Immigrant women's experiences of maternity-care services in Canada: A protocol for systematic review using a narrative synthesis

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Higginbottom, Gina M A ^a   Morgan, Myfanwy ^b   Dassanayake, Jayantha ^c   Eyford, Helgi ^d   Alexandre, Mirande ^e   Chiu, Yvonne ^f   Forgeron, Joan ^d   Kocay, Deb ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^e Citizenship and Immigration Canada   (Canada)

^f Multicultural Health Brokers Co operative   (Canada)

^g HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Immigrant women; Maternity care experiences; Mixed research design review; Narrative synthesis; Study protocol

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CANADA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NARRATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84876399692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-4053-1-27     Document Type: Article

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