Feeling Safe: A Metasynthesis of the Maternity Care Needs of Women Who Were Sexually Abused in Childhood

Birth

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 88-95

  Montgomery, Elsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Childhood sexual abuse; Meta synthesis; Midwifery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRTH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF DISCLOSURE; TRUST;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRUST;

EID: 84879168440     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/birt.12043     Document Type: Article

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