Socially disadvantaged women's views of barriers to feeling safe to engage in decision-making in maternity care

Women and Birth

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 132-137

  Ebert, Lyn ^a   Bellchambers, Helen ^a   Ferguson, Alison ^b   Browne, Jenny ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice; Control; Maternity care; Midwifery; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; WELLBEING;

CHOICE; CONTROL; MATERNITY CARE; MIDWIFERY; RESPONSIBILITY;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84901609718     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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