Women's expectations and experiences of maternity care in NSW - What women highlight as most important

Women and Birth

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 214-219

  Jenkins, Mary G ^a   Ford, Jane B ^a   Morris, Jonathan M ^a,b   Roberts, Christine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Descriptive analysis; Maternity care; Qualitative; Relational; Woman focused

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; PARITY; PATIENT CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; URBAN AREA; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905739969     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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