Displaced Mothers: Birth and Resettlement, Gratitude and Complaint

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 535-551

  Niner, Sara ^a   Kokanovic, Renata ^a   Cuthbert, Denise ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

disparity; immigrant; perinatal health care; refugee; resettlement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; MYANMAR; PERINATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; MYANMAR; PARTURITION; PERINATAL CARE; REFUGEES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84884325054     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2013.769103     Document Type: Article

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