Ethnographic Study of Experiences of Pakistani Women Immigrants With Pregnancy, Birthing, and Postpartum Care in the United States and Pakistan

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 355-362

  Qureshi, Rubab ^a   Pacquiao, Dula F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnography; graduate studies; immigrant; Islamic; maternal child; Pakistani; transcultural health; women; women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DELIVERY; ETHNOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GRADUATE STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISLAMIC; MATERNAL/CHILD; MIGRANT; PAKISTAN; PAKISTANI; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TRANSCULTURAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ETHNOGRAPHY; GRADUATE STUDIES; IMMIGRANT; ISLAMIC; MATERNAL/CHILD; PAKISTANI; TRANSCULTURAL HEALTH; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883700565     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659613493438     Document Type: Article

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