Experiencing maternity care: The care received and perceptions of women from different ethnic groups

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Henderson, Jane ^a   Gao, Haiyan ^a   Redshaw, Maggie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Ethnic groups; Health care surveys; Maternity care; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; NEGRO; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL CARE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BANGLADESH; CARIBBEAN REGION; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCIES; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PAKISTAN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886926879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-196     Document Type: Article

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