Maternity care services and culture: A systematic global mapping of interventions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Coast, Ernestina ^a   Jones, Eleri ^a   Portela, Anayda ^b   Lattof, Samantha R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DOCUMENTATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PUBLICATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANPOWER; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84907486214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108130     Document Type: Article

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