A qualitative descriptive study of the group prenatal care experience: Perceptions of women with low-risk pregnancies and their midwives

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  McDonald, Sarah D ^a   Sword, Wendy ^a   Eryuzlu, Leyla E ^a   Biringer, Anne B ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experience; Group prenatal care; Midwives; Pregnant women; Qualitative research; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNDING; GROUP PRENATAL CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABOR; LOW RISK PREGNANCY; MIDWIFE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; TIME FACTOR; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84907662966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-334     Document Type: Article

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