Ethnic minority women's experience of maternity services in England

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 280-296

  Jomeen, Julie ^a   Redshaw, Maggie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethnicity; maternity services; qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84879101981     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2012.730608     Document Type: Article

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